By Halimah Olamide
Former National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress Chief Bisi Akande has explained why corruption has remained rampant in the country.
Akande said there is a poor mindset in the citizens which make them believe looting of public funds as part of governance.
Speaking in his Ila Orangun country home on Saturday, Akande, a former Governor of Osun, said until Nigerians have a change of mindset, no leader would be able to attack end corruption.
He was speaking ahead of his 85th birthday.
Accusing many of cutting corners, Akande said leadership alone could not make people prosperous.
He further said, “In Nigeria, corruption is not the first thing to fight otherwise you get perished. The mindset is corrupt.
The man who wants prosperity by miracle is corrupt. You want to own a car or house by miracle, you are already a corrupt man.
In a country where everybody is corrupt, who is that leader, who will bell the cat?
“So you are only blaming the leader, but you are corrupt yourself. Go to religious circle, everybody wants comfort without work.
The present generation doesn’t want to work. They want everything by miracle. Such a community can never be prosperous. No leader can make them prosperous.
“They will just be blaming government. A country where everybody is corrupt like Nigeria, nobody can solve the problem.”