The major cog in the wheel of Nigeria's progress
is CORRUPTION!
For many years, the country has been swimming
deep in corruption, with the epidemic eating deep into the fabrics of all the
sectors of the nation’s economy.
Today, corruption seems to have become a way of
life for an average Nigerian and there seems to be no way out.
The establishment of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other
Related Offences Commission (ICPC) by the Federal Government was a right step
in the right direction in the efforts to fight corruption but the challenges
facing the anti-corruption bodies are overshadowing the little progress so far
made in recent times.
Nigerians are often gutted to see highly placed
officials arrested for corruption walk free without serving jail terms or
returning their loots. Corruption cases in courts often drag for too long and
more often than not those cases are either thrown out for lack of evidence or
are never heard of after a while.
It is in the light of this that I prescribe that
the Federal Government should establish special courts to try cases of
financial crimes and other related offences in the country.
In these special courts, frivolities and
un-necessary adjournments should not be entertained and conviction should be
secured within six months of filing a case just like it has been done for
election dispute cases.
This speedy trial should
be complemented by thorough and meticulous investigations by the prosecuting
officials as against the usual practice where suspects are arrested in commando
style and prosecuted on the pages of newspapers only to walk free after a
shamble show at the courts.
SECURITY VOTE ANTI- CORRUPTION COURTS
SECURITY VOTE ANTI- CORRUPTION COURTS
