Former Petroleum Minister Prof. Tam David-West, has said that it is not only that officials in the country are corrupt, but corruption has now become official.
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He said this in Lagos at the The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, CACOL, Integrity Awards 2013 with theme: 'Probity and Accountability in Governance-What role for the citizenry?'
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West stated that the high rate of corruption in the is gradually destabilizing the country which is the major cause of the insecurity in the country and must be checked to avoid anarchy.
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"No man fighting a good cause will fail. I was jailed during the military regime because I refused to sin.
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While I was a minister, over 80 per cent of the country's wealth was under me, yet I refused to steal," he said.