The President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, on Monday observed that the current anti-corruption war has not “yielded much success” because of too much sensationalism, tagging the current anti-corruption was as five ”minutes sensationalism”
Speaking at the launch of a book written by Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye tagged the, ‘Antidotes for Corruption: The Nigerian Story’, Saraki said the fight against corruption should focused on deterrence and not punishment.
The Senate President said the current government was making effort in forcing back the menace.
He said, “I am convinced that why our fight against corruption has not yielded much success is that we have favoured punishment over deterrence.
”We must review our approaches by building our institutions to make it difficult for people to carry out corrupt practices.
“It is my view that the key area of prevention, we must work on, is to make it difficult for stolen money to find a home.
“We must fight corruption with sincerity, and not fight symptoms… unlike the five-minute sensationalism we have now. It must not be based on individuals but on institutions.
“Let us fight corruption with sincerity. If we fight corruption in a corrupt way, we will not make any headway.”