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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has said no one in Nigeria or the world at large can entire eliminate corruption.
Dogara noted that any leader who thinks he/she can eliminate corruption should be thinking of wiping out the entire human race.
Speaking in an interview with Daily Trust, the Speaker noted that even advanced countries still grapple with the fight against corruption.
“And the issue of corruption itself is not something that can be eliminated completely. What you can do is to reduce it to the barest minimum, to a level that is almost seen as non-existent.
“It’s not that corruption has been eliminated in the advanced countries we try so much to copy or speak glowingly of what they have been able to achieve.
“We have seen this hydra-headed monster called corruption rearing its head even in elections of certain jurisdictions. Clearly, the signs are there, but our collective effort is that we reduce it to the barest minimum.
“I lack the English word to describe anyone who thinks he would eliminate corruption. To eliminate it will amount to eliminating the totality of the human race. This is because no human being is clothed in perfection. All we can do is to reduce it to the barest minimum.
“To eliminate it will amount to eliminating the totality of the human race. This is because no human being is clothed in perfection. All we can do is to reduce it to the barest minimum,” Dogara said.