Former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, says the fight against
corruption should entail punishing those who have been found guilty of
stealing and then also making sure they pay for the crime they
committed. She said this while speaking at the Africa CEO forum holding
in Cote d'Ivoire yesterday March 21st
“We have to fight corruption in two ways; one is by punishing those who
steal, and making sure they pay for what they do. But we also must plug
all the holes by building institutions and systems that prevent
corruption in the first place. If you have a financial system for
running your financial accounts that is not computerized, that is not
technologically based, you’re still transferring cash, as we were doing
in my country up until 2003, 2004, then you’re opening up the place to a
lot of people leaking”she said
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