Corruption is cause of poverty in Nigeria – Buhari

Apart from barefaced theft of public funds, corruption has also been cited as the main reason for poor policy choices, the prevalence of poverty in the midst of plenty and waste of resources in the country, according to President Muhammadu Buhari in his Goodwill message to the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Nigeria earlier on Sunday in Port Harcourt.
In a message delivered on his behalf by the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, the President declared that "corruption in our country is so endemic that it constitutes a parallel system. It is the primary reason for poor policy choices, waste and of course bare- faced theft of public resources."
While further clarifying his administration's commitment to the war against corruption, the President said "our fight against corruption is not just a moral battle for virtue and righteousness in our land, it is a fight for the soul and substance of our nation."
Giving an insight into the way corruption destroys the nation, the President told the Second Plenary of the Conference that "it is the main reason why a potentially prosperous country struggles to feed itself and provide jobs for millions."
In the same way, the President posited that "the hundreds of thousands of deaths in the infant, maternal mortality statistics, the hundreds of thousands of annual deaths from preventable diseases are traceable to the greed and corruption of a few. This is why we must see it as an existential threat, if we don't kill it, it will kill us."

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