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Senator representing Borno South senatorial district, Ali Ndume, says corruption has remained in Nigeria because politicians who steal money are celebrated for the act.<\/p>\n

Ndume spoke on Sunday in Kano during an interactive session with journalists.<\/p>\n

He added that in developed nations, people question the source of one\u2019s wealth, but in Nigeria, you are venerated for flaunting ill-gotten wealth.<\/p>\n

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His words: \u201cOur major challenge in this country is corruption. Up till now, we have no law that can proactively or even reactively address the issue of corruption in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you see somebody in our system, especially in politics or government, and he is not corrupt, then he is lucky that he is God-fearing.<\/p>\n

\u201cOtherwise, it is only in Nigeria that you steal money and you walk freely, and then you are celebrated.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you come into an area like this, people would start lobbying you and do \u2018dobale\u2019 (genuflecting) for you and he knows that the money was stolen.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt is only in this country that somebody had no money yesterday or last week, but the following week he buys 10 cars, buys jets and his brothers would fly with him, his mother would fly with him, his uncle would fly with him, and they would say Allah has blessed our son.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to him, he has made several attempts to pass a law on unexplained wealth in Nigeria, but that his efforts \u201cnever saw the light of the day\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said he even approached a former head of state for help to no avail.<\/p>\n

\u201cUp till now, there is no law on Unexplained Wealth Act in Nigeria and there is no Executive Order on Unexplained Wealth in Nigeria,\u201d Ndume added.<\/p>\n

He also bemoaned the pervasive hunger in the country, while calling for an increase in crop cultivation to fix the problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is hunger in the land and up till now we have not cultivated up to five per cent of our land\u2026 blessed land in Nigeria,\u201d the Senator added.<\/p>\n

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