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The former Chairman of the EFCC, Nuhu Ribadu, has stated that corruption in Nigeria cannot be stamped out by corrupt people.
According to him, the media needs to do its own part in the fight against corruption. At a symposium, he enjoined Nigerian journalists to live by example and eschew any acts of immorality.
“As I always say: corruption cannot fight corruption. He who is morally challenged has no moral right to sermonize on morality,” Mr. Ribadu said. “And when the morally deformed person attempts to rise against immorality, hardly would he ever succeed and often he ends up ridiculing such moral responsibility.”
“As a journalist, you should make it a point of principle to never join forces with people you ought to help the public to fight. Above all, fear of God should be the guiding principle always.
He said corruption in the media has become so pervasive that the institution must now purge itself in order to attain a moral status that would aid its efforts in the fight against graft.
According to him, the media needs to do its own part in the fight against corruption. At a symposium, he enjoined Nigerian journalists to live by example and eschew any acts of immorality.
“As I always say: corruption cannot fight corruption. He who is morally challenged has no moral right to sermonize on morality,” Mr. Ribadu said. “And when the morally deformed person attempts to rise against immorality, hardly would he ever succeed and often he ends up ridiculing such moral responsibility.”
“As a journalist, you should make it a point of principle to never join forces with people you ought to help the public to fight. Above all, fear of God should be the guiding principle always.
He said corruption in the media has become so pervasive that the institution must now purge itself in order to attain a moral status that would aid its efforts in the fight against graft.
