Tinubu’s government will encourage corruption, says Prof Badejo

A Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Babafemi Badejo says president Bola Tinubu’s administration won’t do anything seriously in curbing corruption.

Rather, Badejo said Tinubu would encourage politicians to further steal public funds in Nigeria.

The political scientist, who stated this while delivering the first inaugural lecture of Chrisland University, Abeokuta, Ogun State, titled: “Interests” on Tuesday, said” Judging from his actions in the last one month, Tinubu will perform well than Buhari in other areas, but not in the fight against corruption.

“It is my own view that former President Muhammadu Buhari failed woefully on the issue of anti-corruption.

“He did start by wanting to implement the UN anti-corruption’s strategy and went further to appoint a committee and that committee did nothing till today.

“On President Tinubu, it is too early to give a conclusion, but I can say that from what he has done in one month, he will do by far better than Buhari, but not on corruption.

“He (Tinubu) has not been talking about corruption, but all he has been saying is that he is going to make sure that make judges are comfortable, make everybody comfortable, but no country around the world can be comfortable by staying very far away from fighting corruption. Maybe he will change his mind later on corruption. I wish him well.”