‘Why it’s difficult to eradicate corruption in Nigeria’

The Chief Imam of the Fouad Lababidi Central Mosque in Abuja, Sheik Tajudeen Bello, has said corruption will continue to haunt the country until Nigerians are collectively comitted to fighting it.

The cleric said this yesterday in Abuja at a two-day Training of Trainers (ToT) for Imams and scholars in FCT and environs organised by the Al-Habibiyyah Islamic Society (AIS) and the MacArthur Foundation under the Project EAT-FIn (Encouraging Accountability and Transparency through Faith-based Intervention).

“Despite talking about anticorruption in the society and the country at large, individuals are not genuinely committed to fighting corruption. So corruption cannot be totally eradicated, it can only be reduced because it has been seen as part of society,” Bello said.

According to him, imams and scholars “must find halal (permissible) source of income to cater for themselves and their families. If that is not possible, they should resign from their imam position and go to the market to look for halal source of income. And they must not shy away from telling the truth at all times.”

The Executive life in the Director of the Just Foundation of Al-Habibiyyah, Imam Fuad Adeyemi, said “If there is no corruption, the people would be able to get their rights and if they get their rights, they would not care where the leaders come from in any part of the country, since they are sure of getting their rights.”

The Coordinator of the Project EAT-Fin Dr Rekiya Momoh-Abaji, said women are involved in the training as they have great husbands, society.

Also, a former MD of the Team Nigeria Trust Fund (TNTF), Alhaji Suleiman BabaAli and the Commissioner, Education of the ICPC, Dr Muhammed Ashiru Baba, stressed the importance of knowledge and commitment to values to engender winning the anti-corruption war. influence on their children and the