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Saturday, September 4, 2010

"Corruption Can Be Defeated" - Mr. Ribadu

Mr. Nuhu Ribadu has been involved in fighting corruption in Nigeria for a while now. In this essay he argues that corruption can be defeated in Africa.

The former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, described it perfectly when he said, “Corruption hurts the poor disproportionately by diverting funds intended for development, undermining a government’s ability to provide basic services, feeding inequality and injustice, and discouraging foreign investment and aid.”
Despite the immense size of the problem, corruption can be defeated. My own experience at the EFCC in Nigeria taught me that change is possible, yet difficult.

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