..as Kukah seeks collective action to tackle the menaceNational Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Abdullahi Umar Ganduje,has blamed weak institutions for corruption in Nigeria.
On his part the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission,INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu,regretted that political parties were violating laid down rules aimed at strengthening internal democracy within the party structures. The immediate past governor of Kano State,who also noted that political parties were operating with weak political instruments, regretted that the development was allowing corruption to thrive in political offices.“Let us stop blaming the politicians.do they win elections free? Even the security that oversees election at the polling booth,are they free?” He asked.
Unless you x-ray all these institutions,we may not get to the root issue. So we have to develop strong instructions,”he said. ” We are right to compare what is happening elsewhere but we are wrong to assume or to pity ourselves for not having the same institutions, because what you see ,whether it’s Downing Street, whether it’s the White House,this is the efforts of one generation transferring it to the next generation. So, whether it’s the judiciary, whether it’s the bureaucracy, it’s a work in progress.
“Political parties, basically as established, should be sure that their constitutions are in compliance with these provisions of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as well as the manifesto which is the guiding principles of each of the political parties . “The priority of the political party should be among the executives- the chairman who chairs,the auditor who audits,the financial secretary who is supposed to take care of the funds, you have the woman leader,the youth leader,and every other office that is supposed to be ,to manage operations of the party.