Cislac Accuses Tinubu of Rewarding Corrupt Individuals With Appointments

The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC accuses President Bola Tinubu of appointing persons believed to be corrupt into leadership positions.

In a statement issued alongside Transparency International Nigeria, CISLAC said the appointments spread across political party level, the executive and the legislative arms of government.

In a statement issued in Abuja today, the Executive Director CISLAC, Auwal Musa Rafsanjani said he was worried about the effect such actions would have on the morale of anti-corruption agencies in the country.

He noted that the ministerial list sent to the senate proves that Nigeria is reversing the gains made in its anti-corruption efforts since the return to democracy in 1999.

He explained that it is disturbing that a politician who has a case to answer with the Economics and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC is at the leadership of the National Assembly and will be conducting oversight duties on anti-graft agencies, including the EFCC.

He said that with the assemblage of these alleged corrupt individuals with integrity deficit, it is clear that President Tinubu has no regard or concern for the public demand to have a sane and responsible government.

He also said that Nigeria’s reputation in the global community will suffer negative consequences with the incredible damage the acts like money laundering, drugs trafficking and illegal proliferation of arms have done to the country which he said has contributed to the spate of insecurity, poverty, collapse of education, health care infrastructural development and ethnics and value system.