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Dishonest Leaders Can’t Tackle Corruption In Public Service – Hakeem Baba-Ahmed

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The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) spokesman, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has stated that dishonest political leadership cannot handle corruption in public service.

On Tuesday, he mentioned this on Trust Television’s Daily Politics.

According to Baba-Ahmed, the government can only get the best out of the public sector if workers are compensated.

The former permanent secretary remarked that it is unfair that politicians are paid millions of naira in salaries and allowances while government officials who perform the work are paid little.

 

“You need a president and governance that actually recognizes that governance is 90% the work of public servants and that you give them enough flexibility and incentivize them enough,” he said.

“You will establish good governance, but you must combat corruption.” A corrupt political leadership cannot prevent public officials from being corrupt.

“You must pay workers a living wage.” You can’t expect individuals to perform properly if you pay them N50,000 per month.

That money alone, if used for transportation, will last the earner only one week, enough to get from home to work and back.

“This is insane, and yet politicians take home millions and millions of dollars.” Civil servants are the people who actually carry out government functions. Why should politicians, ministers, and governors take home hundreds of millions? “It is wrong,” he continued.

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