A Retired Jurist, Justice Abdullahi Idris Haroon has urged the Federal Government and anti-corruption agencies in the country not to pay lip service in the fight against corruption but rather tackle the menace practically.
Justice Haroun gave the advice at the weekend in Ilorin while answering questions on a Radio Kwara personality interview programme, “Playing Host”.
The jurist who is a former Grand Khadi in Kwara State Sharia Court of Appeal, Ilorin lamented the way corruption is being fought by the government particularly through the pages of newspapers, radio, television and delivery of speeches.
According to him, the fight against corruption should be properly seen among members of the public, in ministries, government agencies and even in the private sectors and to the common Nigerian on the street.
Haroun observed that a government that is God fearing would do everything that would please God and humanity without been forced while a leader should see himself or herself as been held in trust.
The jurist described the nation’s educational system as cracking and criticised the moral decadence in the society and therefore urged the government to put on its thinking cap by recapturing the ideas and philosophies of the founding fathers so as to touch the lives of the less privileged in the country.
Speaking further, Haroun described hate speech as not only absurd in Islam but condemned by the Holy Qur’an and that anyone involved in such practice which is mere rumour against another person, government or organization would end up in hell fire.
The jurist who is heading a 10-man committee on Muslim and Christian pilgrimages courtesy of the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki described the motive as purely spiritual and that the project has so far been moving on smoothly while appreciating Saraki for the gesture.
