The Federal Government has come out to say that it is not fighting corruption to impress civil society organizations, Transparency International or any other anti-corruption watchdog.

The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed recently revealed this to the press, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, its anti-corruption drive is meant to ensure growth across all sectors of the nation’s economy, and there is no other motive for it.

He added that whatever template is being used is clearly oblivious of what the current administration is doing to fight corruption.

His words, “We are not fighting corruption because we want to impress Transparency International or any organisation whatsoever.”

“Therefore, what we do and what we’re putting in place to fight corruption is not because we want to be rated by anybody.”

“Whatever template they’re using is clearly oblivious of what this administration is doing to fight corruption.”

“Fighting corruption is not just by how many people you have arrested. How many people have you tried? How many people have you convicted?”

“So, we are not worried or bothered about the rating of Transparency International because we know that everything we do is to ensure that we fight corruption the best way we know how to do it.”

“If they are not seeing this, then I think they have to change their template. But again, we’re not fighting corruption to impress them.”