President Bola Tinubu has been criticised over his alleged reluctance to tackle monumental corruption in Nigeria, especially in the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS. Resource Centre for Human Rights & Civic Education,
, in a press conference addressed by its Executive Director, Ibrahim M. Zikirullahi, in Abuja on Thursday, alerted Nigerians of the decadence and threats to the country’s nascent democracy. The group called on all anticorruption advocates and well-meaning Nigerians to stand up against corruption, demand accountability, and urgently cleanse the public sector. 'Ever so often, Nigerians are awakened to the odious corruption crisis threatening our nascent democracy.
said it is deeply concerned about these latest exposures of corruption involving the Nigeria Customs Service. 'We are convinced that the Minister of Finance, the Board of the Nigeria Customs, and the National Assembly must urgently respond to the EFCC investigation reports. It said it is disappointing that, 'nine months in office, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has shown no clear commitment to tackling corruption.