Nigerian Tribune

• Thursday, 26 September 2013 04:53

PUNCH

The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders has condemned the non-payment of the Lagos State pensioners’ gratuity and arrears by the government.

The pensioners had stormed the office of the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on Monday to protest against their unpaid gratuity and pension arrears.

Reacting to the incident, Executive Chairman of the coalition, Mr. Debo Adeniran, in a statement on Tuesday, accused the Lagos State Government of apathy to the plights of the pensioners. Continue reading “CACOL flays LASG over unpaid pension, gratuity”

Gov. Babatunde Raji Fashola

By Chukwudi Nweje 

When in 2009, various rights groups including the True Face of Lagos and Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) raised some allegations of impropriety against the Lagos State Government and demanded an account of how the government spent the taxpayers’ money, their thinking was that if the government was elected by the people, it should also be answerable to them. But rather than provide answers to the questions raised by the group, the State Government dismissed them.

By late January 2010, with agitations growing stronger that the State Government respond to the allegations of corruption raised it by the various groups, the Lagos State House of Assembly decided to launch an investigation into some of the allegations. However, while the House inquest was ongoing the legislators were ordered to halt their investigation following a suit filed by another group questioning why the legislators were acting on the report of a faceless group. Continue reading “A vote for citizen-based budget implementation”

Posted by: Our Reporter in Politics 4 days ago

THE NATION

A wild applause greeted the establishment of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. But 10 years after, corruption is still soaring in the nation. Although the commission cannot be described as a tooth-less bull dog, its impact has not been greatly felt by the stakeholders.

Corruption is on the increase in public life. The list is endless-electoral crimes, civil service pension fund scam, police pension controversy, fuel subsidy fraud, House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee scandal. Critics have argued that it is relatively easier to prosecute and jail people who stole N2 million than to invite for questioning big fish, who allegedly made away with billions. Thus, the slow progression of the anti-crime battle has eroded public confidence. Continue reading “Is anti-corruption war on course?”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

President Jonathan

*Backs Amaechi’s NGF on Okonjo-Iweala’s resignation

The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has condemned, in its entirety, the statement credited to President Goodluck Jonathan that “Nigerians, through their actions, encourage graft.”

This is even as the Non Governmental Organisation has thrown its weight behind the call for the resignation of the Coordinating Minister of the Economy and the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

Declaring open the 54th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Economic Society in Abuja, the President was also claimed to have stated that “both the public and private sectors are involved in corruption, but  he would not give out their names, so that I won’t be attacked.” Continue reading “CACOL condemns Jonathan’s statement on corruption”

The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has condemned the statement credited to President Goodluck Jonathan that Nigerians, through their actions encourage graft.

The President had said both the public and private sectors are involved in corruption but stated that he would not give out their names to avoid attacks.

Jonathan said this while declaring open the 54th annual conference of the Nigerian Economic Society in Abuja.

Reacting to the statement, the Executive Chairman of CACOL, Debo Adeniran, rued that it is highly undignifying for the number one citizen of the country to make such a statement. Continue reading “CACOL Faults Jonathan’s Corruption Comment, Backs Call for Okonjo-Iweala’s Resignation”