Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay, has said that jailing corrupt people is a waste of time and effort given the weakness in the country’s judicial process.
Speaking during a workshop organised by the PACAC in collaboration with the National Orientation Agency which held in Jos on Wednesday, Sagay said the commission focused more on seizing assets of corrupt people because the country's Judicial institution is weak hence makes it difficult to have convictions.
Sagay said, “Corruption has primarily been fought by the Federal Government in the country. There is too much focus on financial corruption but the truth is that nepotism is a more serious problem.
“After our evaluation in the fight against corruption , we discovered that jailing people is a desperate and wasteful effort. It is going to be difficult to have convictions because of the weakness in the judicial institution . And that is why we have concentrated more on asset seizure of corrupt people as the way to go.”
The programme with the theme, “Value re - orientation and the fight against corruption “was attended by top government officials, including permanent secretaries, traditional rulers as well as leading civil society organisations and political activists.