Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called on Nigerians that have taken to corruption as a way of life to wean themselves off it, saying the wheels of justice turn slowly but exceedingly fine.
Osinbajo stated this on Tuesday at the official launch of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s Integrity and Zero Tolerance Manual for school clubs, which held at the Model Secondary School Maitama, Abuja.
The VP’s media aide, Laolu Akande, related what his principal said at the function in a statement he released in which he(Osinbajo) reportedly heaped praise on the initiative.
The statement in part: “The greatest challenge which we face currently is how to safeguard the youth from the ethical crisis and confusion confronting our nation, and the error of thinking that there will be no consequence for defrauding others, your employers or the government.
“The reason why people may believe these false notions is that there seem to be many in our society whose wealth cannot be explained, many even among the young who live by defrauding others.”
He added, “Many societies in the world were where we are today, but soon, they realized that no society can survive by dishonesty, greed and theft. The society will eventually collapse. What those societies did was take an all-of-society approach to fight dishonesty.
“The other fact is that many who think they can get away with corruption, are often surprised that the long arm of the law, even if sometimes slow will eventually catch up with the criminal.
“There is no time bar or statute of limitation against a crime. A man who steals this year can be arrested in 10 years’ time for his crimes, so when you steal, you cannot sleep with both eyes closed.”
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