Professor Dora Akunyili, a former Minister of Information and
Communications, has supported the call for capital punishment for corrupt
practices in order to transform the country.
Akunyili made this statement at the
7th lecture of the College of Natural and Applied Sciences, Bells University of
Technology, Ota, Ogun State, where she was guest lecturer. The former minister
said the desired change in the country had been hampered by corruption,
insecurity, poor leadership among others social vices.
Her words: “In China, it is death penalty for corruption. I
believe if we are really serious about fighting corruption, there is the need
to insert harsher clauses to make corruption less attractive, just like they do
in China… Once one, two, three, four corrupt people are executed for
corruption, some others who have such tendency will definitely fall in line.”
According to her, if the government
fails to punish corrupt practices, it might as well be promoting it. She added,
“We just have to find a way to decisively fight corruption before it completely
ruins this beautiful country.”
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