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Former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan says no country is totally free from corruption. Jonathan stated this while addressing members of Forum of Ex-Speakers of Houses of Assembly at his Abuja residence on Thursday. He admitted that corruption was one of the serious challenges confronting the country but warned that the current approach used in the anti-graft war was faulty. He maintained that for the issue to be effectively addressed, the society must come up with reforms.


“There are stories of corruption. I say this will always be there because if you read the statement of the organizers of the first military coup, their statement was attributed to corruption. It will continue to be, but one day we will get out of it. Most nations passed through this stage of life. The only thing I plead of you is not to politicize certain basic things. Issues of corruption, yes, it is worrisome. Nobody will encourage it."

 

“The society must come up with reform to reduce it, if you cannot eliminate it totally. No Society is 100 per cent free of some of these vices but the approach you go about it is key. You may approach it in a way that it will become detrimental to the society. It should be done in a way that will enhance the development of the nation. So we encourage people to do well.”


He charged members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) not to be intimidated by the manner in which the current administration prosecutes anti-corruption war.


Speaking on why the PDP lost the general elections, the former President hinted that he would make public the events that led to the failure of the party after the current administration exits power. He said the choice of time was to avert crisis and political coloration of the facts that would be made public.


“PDP is still the strongest party. We know the reason we lost elections. People maybe writing left and right, at the appropriate time, some of these things would be properly addressed because of history. There are certain things you don’t write now because it would be misunderstood as if you are playing politics. After some years, five, six or eight years, when the beneficiaries have left, you can state it in written and people will not fight with you.”

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