President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, on Monday dismissed the Muhammadu Buhari anti-corruption as mere sensationalism hence has not been able to achieve much in real terms. According to him, the current anti-corruption war has not “yielded much success” because of too much sensationalism. It’s five ”minutes sensationalism”, he said.
Speaking at the launch of a book written by Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye tagged the, ‘Antidotes for Corruption: The Nigerian Story’, Saraki said the fight against corruption should focus on deterrence and not punishment.
Rather than curtail corruption, the current government effort is perpetuating the menace, Saraki said at the book launch that attracted several politicians including members of the PDP.
He said, “I am convinced that why our fight against corruption has not yielded much success is that we have favoured punishment over deterrence.
”We must review our approaches by building our institutions to make it difficult for people to carry out corrupt practices.
“It is my view that the key area of prevention, we must work on, is to make it difficult for stolen money to find a home.
“We must fight corruption with sincerity, and not fight symptoms… unlike the five-minute sensationalism we have now. It must not be based on individuals but on institutions.
“Let us fight corruption with sincerity. If we fight corruption in a corrupt way, we will not make any headway.”
