DORO #CORRUPTION a publication of the Say No Campaign Nigeria Volume 1, Issue 4 SAY NO CAMPAIGN POLICY DIALOGUE ON STATE OF THE NATION ALSO IN THIS ISSUE. Use Social Media To Pressurize Your Leaders Political Farmers A Threat To To Deliver pg. 4 Food Security. pg. 1 Say No campaign Hall of Shame You Don't Have To Be Corrupt To pg. 10 Be Rich, Just Be Modest pg. 5 Nigerians should not be tired of Demanding Justice Served For The Good People for Accountability Of Nigeria pg. 7 pg. 6 LISTEN TO On 99.5 Abuja Nakowa Station! Rebroadcast Mondays Tuesdays 11:00am - 11:45am 11:00am - 11:45am volume 1, issue 4 #Dorocorruption POLITICAL FARMERS A THREAT TO FOOD SECURITY. s Nigeria and other parts of Africa stressed that every government comes up with battle food scarcity and poverty, its initiatives and policies that do not necessarily Aattention is drawn to the agricultural improve the situation of farmers but provide sector. There is a conscious desire to improve avenue for the incumbent leadership to loot productivity and sales as well as motivate funds and divert resources, all at the expense of primary farmers to access low interest loans the primary farmers who are the most critical in and subsidized agro inputs to boost production. the chain of food production and the poorest in While these initiatives sound laudable, actual the society. implementation, as with other policies of He advised that if the government is genuine government, remains a challenge because of about ending hunger and poverty, adequate corruption. From government officials who attention should be given to the Agricultural manipulate the process for personal gains to sector, workable policies that will span a length those that divert the subsidized agro inputs, of time should be initiated and a monitoring which they end up reselling at higher rates in mechanism be set in place to ensure farmers the markets, the primary farmers remain access the interventions provided and remove unimpacted by the so-called government bureaucracies that feed corruption among interventions. officials in the sector. On the Say No Campaign radio program Edu Ogbonnaya, an Agricultural expert, also Dorocorruption on Wazobia FM, Ezenwa implored government to make the sector Nwagwu observed that political farmers who attractive for young graduates whose energy hijacked government's subsidized agro inputs and education is relevant to the development of including lands, without actually farming, are the sector. He urged the Nigerian youth to the major threat to food scarcity. He added that consider farming as a lucrative enterprise, primary farmers who should be the main stressing that a lot of potentials untapped, exist benefactors of government's subsidy and in the sector. agricultural policies, often don't feel the impact of those policies and programs because of various interest groups in government who will divert the incentives made available by government to boost agricultural produce and motivate real farmers. Concurring to the above, the national coordinator of Zero Hunger, Dr Tunde Arosanyin, faulted the inconsistency in agricultural policies and implementation by different administrations, as responsible for the lack of progress experienced in the sector. He Political farmers, a threat to food security 1 #Dorocorruption volume 1, issue 4 Stakeholders deliberaon at Say No Campaign Policy dialogue: Dr Henry Ewunonu (NMA), Idayat Hassan (CDD) Rafsanjani Auwal Musa (ED, CISLAC), Azuka Ogugua (ICPC) SAY NO CAMPAIGN POLICY DIALOGUE ON STATE OF THE NATION: Security: State policing is not the answer, many state leaders are irresponsible, FG to fix the security architecture and ensure effective deployment of resources - Rafsanjani, Gaskia Anticorruption: Judiciary should complement the fight, ensure swift convictions and sterner Sanction - Prof. Odekunle “ Health: Fully implement the National Health Act and reconstitute the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria to resolve health crisis - NMA tells Minister of Health t the Say No Campaign Policy credible 2019 general election. Dialogue on the state of the nation The dialogue which was organised by Say No Aheld on Tuesday, 5th of June 2018, Campaign Nigeria with support from the participants called for the strengthening of the MacArthur Foundation engaged various existing policing system to perform optimally stakeholders in the health, anticorruption and and improve the safety of lives and properties election sector and deliberated on the challenges of Nigerians; a full implementation of the of insecurity in the country. National Health Act and reconstitute the Idayat Hassan of the Centre for Democracy and Medical and Dental Council to provide Development lamented the upsurge of security leadership in the sector; Sterner punishment crisis in the country noting that the challenges for corruption and a safe, transparent and of insecurity in Nigeria” has persisted because 2 Say No Campaign Policy Dialogue. volume 1, issue 4 #Dorocorruption conflicts were never really resolved completely. block loopholes that facilitate corruption; Without a permanent solution to the menace replicate the fight at state and local levels; of the herdsmen/farmers, internally displaced appropriate sanction to serve as deterrent and persons and unemployment, she said the build citizens' trust; as well as a continuous situation will not improve. sensitization to encourage citizen ownership of The call for state policing to address some of the fight. the security issues was met with apprehension Commending Justice Adebukola Banjoko for her as participants opined that the problem is exemplary judgement against the former beyond establishing state police. According to Taraba State governor, Jolly Nyame, to Rafsanjani, the countr y director of completely refund all monies diverted and serve Transparency International, state policing can a jail term of 14 years with no option of fine, easily be politicised because of the Prof. Odekunle of PACAC urged the judiciary irresponsible leadership at the state level, “what to compliment the anticorruption fight by Nigeria need is to fix the faulty security convicting and ensuring sterner sanction on the architecture in the country and address the guilty, adding that corruption is worse than internal corruption experienced in the terrorism hence severe sanction should be recruitment process, improve financing and considered. curb bribery of personnel especially at the He also advocated for a reformation of the Nigerian borders to prevent the influx of reward system to combat inequality that fuels Ezenwa Nwagwu, Convener Say No Campaign Kole Shema, Country Director, MacAurthur Foundaon. illegal arms and ammunition.” corrupt practices among Nigerians. Idayat Jaiye Gaskia, a co convener of Say No Hassan added that there is a need to rebuild the Campaign, also added that the federal broken-down value system and institutionalize government should harmonize the different social norms. security outfit in the country for effective Participants also called for a full implementation deployment of resources and to avoid of the National Health Act of Nigeria. duplicating roles. According to the representative of the Nigeria Addressing the anticorruption fight, Medical Association, Henry Ewunonu, the crisis participants advocated for a continuous in the health sector is not entirely lack of corruption risk assessment to identify and harmony, but a shabby implementation of the Say No Campaign Policy Dialogue. 3 #Dorocorruption volume 1, issue 4 National Health Act, which he said if fully (INEC) to intensify citizen sensitization on the implemented will resolve the crisis currently use of PVC, voting and transmission and work experienced in the sector. out modalities to deal with the challenges of He also called for the reconstitution of the void votes; vote buying and selling; and the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria who ab brandishing of party branded wares at the initio had provided leadership in the sector. He polling stations. noted that with the dissolution of the council Addressing the forum earlier, the country and subsequently handing over of leadership to director of MacArthur Foundation, Dr. Kole the 14 different professional unions in the Shettima, commended Say No Campaign for sector, chaos is certain because of the different creating an opportunity that will provide interests that exist. Hence, there is a need to specific recommendations that bring solutions reconstitute the Council to harmonize needs to the myriad of problems faced in the country and resolve conflicts within the sector to avoid and urged participants to engage issues escalation and incessant industrial actions. productively, avoid the temptation to dwell on Recommendations were also made to ensure a complaints, but rather acknowledge the transparent and credible general elections in successes Nigeria has recorded and deliberate 2019. Participants urged the officials of the ways of improving what has not been done well. Independent National Electoral Commission USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO PRESSURIZE YOUR LEADERS TO DELIVER - Hamza Code demanding accountability from public officials, get budget information, monitor and track its implementation using modern technological devices and petition non-perfor ming representatives including governors, stressing that citizens have a stake in the finances of the country because they pay tax, hence, they must use every means available to ensure a judicious use of taxes paid. While speaking with Ezenwa Nwagwu of Say No