Buhari’s Anti-graft War Mere Melodrama – Saraki

The President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, on Monday declared that the current anti-graft war embarked by President Muhammadu Buhari was a mere melodrama, adding that it would not “yield much success” due to what he described as “”five-minute sensationalism” trailing the war against corruption.

Speaking at the launch of a book written by Sen Dino Melaye tagged, ‘Antidotes for Corruption: The Nigerian Story’, the Senate President said the fight against corruption should focused on deterrence and not punishment.

The Senate President said the current government was making effort in forcing back the menace.

He said, “I am convinced that why our fight against corruption has not yielded much success is that we have favoured punishment over deterrence.

“We must review our approaches by building our institutions to make it difficult for people to carry out corrupt practices.

“‎It is my view that the key area of prevention, we must work on, is to make it difficult for stolen money to find a home.

“We must fight corruption with sincerity, and not fight symptoms… unlike the five-minute sensationalism we have now. It must not be based on individuals but on institutions.

“Let us fight corruption with sincerity. If we fight corruption in a corrupt way, we will not make any headway.‎”