Olusegun Obasanjo, the former President has stated that corrupt politicians are incapable of providing good governance.
He spoke virtually at the memorial lecture of Denis Joseph Slattery on “the imperative for moral rectitude in governance”, held at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos.
The former president who referred to corrupt political leaders and politicians as “thieves”, said such people cannot provide just governance.
He said they should be jailed for their misconduct, adding that the most important demand of anybody involved in governance at any level is “accountability”.
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According to him, government officials with “questionable” integrity cannot make fair decisions for the greater good.
“If you look clinically at the people in government today at both executive and legislative levels, some of them should be permanently behind bars for their past misdemeanour and criminal misconduct.”
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