It’s waste of effort to jail corrupt people, says Sagay

Itse Sagay, chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), says it is a waste of effort to jail corrupt persons.

Sagay, represented by Etannibi Alemika, PACAC member, spoke on Wednesday during a workshop organised by the committee in collaboration with the National Orientation Agency (NOA) in Jos, Plateau state.

According to Punch, the chairman of the committee said after an evaluation, he discovered that jailing corrupt people in the country was “making no sense” due to the weakness in the judicial process.

According to him, they rather placed emphasis on recovering stolen assets from people found culpable.

He said while focus is placed on financial corruption, “the truth is that nepotism is a more serious problem”.

Sagay also commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his anti-corruption fight while calling on the public to alert relevant agencies about any acts of corruption.

“Corruption has primarily been fought by the Federal Government in the country. There is too much focus on financial corruption but the truth is that nepotism is a more serious problem,” he said.

“After our evaluation in the fight against corruption, we discovered that jailing people is a desperate and wasteful effort. It is going to be difficult to have convictions because of the weakness in the judicial institution. And that is why we have concentrated more on asset seizure of corrupt people as the way to go.”