Nigeria: Breeding future corrupt oppressors

By Fredrick Nwabufo

I write not to debase, denigrate or rubbish Nigeria, but to expose its procrustean and internecine flaws. Flaws that are bound to progress tragically into generations in the life of the country if proactive, concerted, sensible, conscious and linear steps are not taken to turn them into claws for “clawing in” fairness, transparency, equity, justice  and discipline. Of all the flaws in gangrenous Nigeria, corruption is undoubtedly one of the most fetid. Corruption and oppression in Nigeria are wedded to each other in a titillating romance. In fact, one umbilical cord connects them both. Nevertheless, distilling, adumbrating and discussing the corruption-oppression relationship are not the objective of this article. Read Full Story