Senior Pastor of Praise Arena Lagos, Pastor Jummy Adetoyese- Olagunju has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to make the fight against corruption in the next four years, a developmental process that will include all strata of our national life.
Olagunju spoke with our correspondent at the Super Praise Carol organised by the church at VGC, Lekki, Lagos.
He attributed the reputation and popularity of Buhari to his stance against corruption dated back to over 30 years ago as a Head of State, which he described as highly commendable.
But he said Nigerians backed out of the anti-corruption stance of Buhari the most he was ousted because it was not a developmental process that Nigerians across board could take ownership of.
He warned the ongoing anti-graft battle might suffer the same fate except Buhari allows Nigerians to see it as their project.
“A programme hardly outlives its initiator because successive administrations may not continue in that trajectory but when it is a process, it will outlive its initiator from generation to another.
“President Buhari should bring his reputation to the surface and deliberately fashion out developmental plans of action that are geared toward promoting the values of orderliness, patience, honesty and selfless services at all levels of our educational institutions, market, private sector, and other relevant institutions in Nigeria,” he said.
He added: “Let the anti-corruption development plan and processes starts from primary schools on their assembly grounds.
“It should be sounded into their ears so that they will know that it is good to uphold good values and character for the progress of our country.”
He restated corruption and indiscipline are hydra headed monsters that threaten good governance, sustainable development plans, economic growth, and public trust in Nigeria.
Olagunju noted that corruption has been misconstrued to mean financial misappropriation, stating it extends to someone withholding salaries of workers, taking bribes, driving on one way traffic, child abuse, modern day slavery and moral laxity.
He pointed out some western countries are winning the fight against corruption because they have succeeded in embedding the culture of discipline, honesty and integrity into their system.
Such cultures, according to him, are adhered to by everyone irrespective of status or party affiliation while defaulters are punished according to the rule of law.
The cleric lamented the dearth of quality leadership in the nation, stating people who offer themselves for leadership positions exploit collective divisions to drive their personal courses.
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