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A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Ndarani Mohammed, has called for the prohibition of retired civilian servants from contesting elective positions for astatine slightest 1 twelvemonth truthful that anti-corruption agencies tin decently analyse them.
The SAN, said each heads of Ministeries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) that are retired, oregon person been relieved of their jobs should besides beryllium investigated whether they are contesting oregon not.
According to the elder lawyer, it has go imperative to checkmate the fiscal activities of immoderate of these civilian servants who discontinue from nationalist work and leap consecutive into politics, stressing that “corruption remains 1 of the top obstacles to Nigeria’s development”.
“It calls for stronger accountability measures to guarantee that nationalist resources are not wasted oregon diverted into a fewer backstage pockets.
“Consequently, radical with governmental ambitions are already opening to propulsion their hats into the ringing each the mode from the section authorities tier to the presidency.
“These volition beryllium breathtaking times, indeed, but Nigerians mostly look to beryllium losing show of a cardinal flaw successful the full process” Ndarani stated.
He noted that among those expected to look arsenic governmental gladiators volition be, arsenic is ever the case, retired civilian servants, oregon those who resigned from nationalist work oregon governmental appointments.
Ndarani insisted that the inclination for nationalist servants successful Nigeria to plunder the nation’s treasury with shocking impunity during their employment is “alarming and this is due to the fact that they privation to contention for governmental offices aft retirement”.
“This gets progressively worse arsenic the day of their disengagement approaches.
“Most of them bash this to amass immense amounts of wealth with which to money their predetermination campaigns.
“These elections usually spot them enactment their mode into lofty governmental positions that would further heighten their quality to further beverage the nation, often with small oregon nary accountability,” the SAN stated.
In presumption of the foregoing, elder lawyer said 1 of the cardinal measures to beryllium enactment successful spot is to guarantee that each nationalist servants are investigated connected retirement.
Additionally, helium posited that governmental bureau holders should beryllium investigated too, whether they are coming backmost for 2nd tenure oregon not, to cognize the sources of their existent assets and incomes.
“Even successful the champion of climes, authorities is an costly undertaking, and Nigeria cannot beryllium an exception, truthful immoderate 1 who retires from nationalist work and astir close distant jumps into partisan politics, deserves forensic examination, helium maintained.
“We are present getting acceptable for the 2027 wide elections; Anti-Graft agencies and INEC person capable clip to analyse each the supra mentioned involvement groups, to curb corruption during and aft elections,” Mohammed said.
The SAN urged President Bola Tinubu to use the proviso of conception 315 of 1999 of the Constitution (as amended) to bespeak each his ineligible opinion, to prevention Nigeria from electing atrocious and corrupt leaders into governmental offices travel 2027.
“I arsenic counsel our President to make an enabling level that volition forestall retired nationalist bureau holders from being capable to usage looted funds to contention elections” Ndarani said.
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