{"id":290503,"date":"2020-02-24T16:49:29","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T16:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebunaleshinloye.com\/?p=290503"},"modified":"2026-10-14T16:52:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T15:52:25","slug":"corruption-convictions-contradictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebunaleshinloye.com\/?p=290503","title":{"rendered":"Corruption Convictions, Contradictions and Credit Alerts"},"content":{"rendered":"<a class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/%24s_%21r4y_%21%2Cf_auto%2Cq_auto%3Agood%2Cfl_progressive%3Asteep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0c5a7177-23c8-44be-b466-dc06a76d2498_598x421.png?ssl=1\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\"><div class=\"image2-inset\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" 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pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewbox=\"0 0 20 20\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"var(--color-fg-primary)\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-noB79L\"><g><path d=\"M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/button><button tabindex=\"0\" type=\"button\" class=\"pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" class=\"lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L\"><polyline points=\"15 3 21 3 21 9\"\/><polyline points=\"9 21 3 21 3 15\"\/><line x1=\"21\" x2=\"14\" y1=\"3\" y2=\"10\"\/><line x1=\"3\" x2=\"10\" y1=\"21\" y2=\"14\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Transparency International rates Nigeria close to the bottom of its yearly Corruption Perception Index, this is one of the reasons why:<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2018, two serving senators were jolted out of their sinecures in\u00a0the Red Chamber and jailed for corruption crimes they committed while they were state governors about a decade earlier.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Presumably, they continued receiving their salaries as senators till the end of their terms in May 2019.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course, there were murmurs in the media and civil society on the propriety of politicians who stole government funds receiving salaries from the same government, after conviction in a competent court of law. Lawyers also argued technicalities for and against, in the press, but not in court.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not surprisingly, legislators of both houses had no zeal to address this contradiction; their terms were ending anyway \u2013 they had elections to win. End of matter.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dateline December 2019: Six months into a four year term, another senator was sentenced to prison for financial malfeasance when he was a state governor in the 2000s. The previous trend suggests\u00a0that Senator Orji Uzor Kalu will even as a convicted person, continue to receive emoluments as a senator of the federal republic till the end of May 2023. He is certainly not working for his paycheck where he is right now.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It goes without saying that this is a contradictory situation where corruption is actually rewarded.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National Assembly again, will have no incentive to correct this anomaly; even if they do, it will take years to promulgate into law. So don\u2019t expect a quick fix from the red and green chambers.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, \u201ccometh the hour, cometh the man\u201d. We know that even in mature democracies, executive orders by presidents are used sparingly for obvious reasons. But imagine this scenario:<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the near future, President Muhammadu Buhari promulgates an executive order forbidding any person convicted of corruption from receiving any financial consideration from government, for any reason whatsoever.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, wouldn\u2019t that be great\u2026..<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sorry, did I doze off?<\/p><div class=\"image-link image2\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\"><div class=\"image2-inset\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!PsFc!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4af29a1a-24a4-473a-9240-f8a2cfd4721b_130x51.png 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!PsFc!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4af29a1a-24a4-473a-9240-f8a2cfd4721b_130x51.png 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!PsFc!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4af29a1a-24a4-473a-9240-f8a2cfd4721b_130x51.png 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!PsFc!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4af29a1a-24a4-473a-9240-f8a2cfd4721b_130x51.png 1456w\" sizes=\"100vw\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/4af29a1a-24a4-473a-9240-f8a2cfd4721b_130x51.png?resize=130%2C51&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"130\" height=\"51\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/4af29a1a-24a4-473a-9240-f8a2cfd4721b_130x51.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:51,&quot;width&quot;:130,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:8596,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}\" class=\"sizing-normal\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!PsFc!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4af29a1a-24a4-473a-9240-f8a2cfd4721b_130x51.png 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!PsFc!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4af29a1a-24a4-473a-9240-f8a2cfd4721b_130x51.png 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!PsFc!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4af29a1a-24a4-473a-9240-f8a2cfd4721b_130x51.png 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!PsFc!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4af29a1a-24a4-473a-9240-f8a2cfd4721b_130x51.png 1456w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/picture><div\/><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Transparency International rates Nigeria close to the bottom of its yearly Corruption Perception Index, this is one of the reasons why: In 2018, two serving senators were jolted out of their sinecures in\u00a0the Red Chamber and jailed for corruption crimes they committed while they were state governors about a decade earlier. 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