President Goodluck Jonathan said yesterday that his administration will continue to fight corruption, using a different approach.
“Our position on fighting corruption is very clear and that is we are bent on fighting it from different angles.
Fighting corruption is not about jailing people. Our commitment is that we suppress corruption but we are applying the English maxim not to punish an innocent person unless convicted,” he said.
He said this while responding to questions at an interactive session he held with the organised private sector and leaders of professional bodies in Nigeria.
The president said his administration did not believe that only jailing people would end corruption but that eliminating the avenues used by corrupt individuals to enrich themselves would go far.
He stressed that the administration, through the Integrated Payroll Payment System (IPPIS), saved billions of Naira that were hitherto paid to ghost workers as well as stopped completely the diversion of pension funds.
He also said that under his administration the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had prosecuted more people and secured more convictions than during any other administration.
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