Virtually Every Nigerian Is Corrupt – Gov Ajimobi

Abiola Ajimobi, the Oyo State Governor has said every Nigerian is corrupt in one way or the other either by financial misconduct, attitu...

Abiola Ajimobi, the Oyo State Governor has said every Nigerian is corrupt in one way or the other either by financial misconduct, attitudinal corruption or the inability to restrain oneself from certain corrupt action.

Reacting to President Muhammadu Buhari’s war against corruption, he told newsmen at the National Secretariat of the All Pro­gressives Congress (APC), Abuja: “We are looking at corruption in a global per­spective as against just tak­ing money. If you look at it generally, you will see that virtually every Nigerian is corrupt, virtually everybody is corrupt in one way or the other either attitudinally, fi­nancially or socially, and this, we believe should be looked into.

“We believe corruption is more than just taking money, I think it is attitudinal. Any­time you do what you are not supposed to do, is corruption. Sometime you can even en­large it to mean indiscipline, inability to control yourself, to discipline yourself against selfish tendencies of wanting to take what does not belong to you. Even not doing your job is corruption, for taking salaries monthly and not coming to work and being idle is corruption.”