MentorAfrica: FACE OF CORRUPTION (THE WEB) - LA FACE DE LA CORRU...

MentorAfrica: FACE OF CORRUPTION (THE WEB) - LA FACE DE LA CORRU...: When the environment is so saturated with corruption it becomes very difficult not to be caught in the web. Corruption comes many times in ...

FACE OF CORRUPTION (THE WEB) - LA FACE DE LA CORRUPTION (LA TOILE)

When the environment is so saturated with corruption it becomes very difficult not to be caught in the web. Corruption comes many times in the form of extortion. In an office, especially in government establishment, workers are constantly trying to manipulate you to buy them lunch for them to “have the strength” to finish your job. They will tell you that you either give them lunch or allow them to go for their lunch break before they attend to you especially if they know that your matter is time bound. In fact, it sometimes graduates from extortion to soft blackmail. You might ask why one does not go to the immediate boss, the answer is; the boss comes out of the same stock. There are however a few that do their jobs without any hassles and when we come in contact with these, there is this feeling that something is abnormal. When the right thing to do becomes an abnormality, then something is seriously wrong with that society.

I was in public transportation the other day and we came to a police check point and the policeman was telling the driver to bless them. This is the new language they have developed to extort drivers. It is difficult not to believe that the reason why this continues to plague our society is that those who have moved up the ranks are either a part of the corruption/extortion or they have been part and they have no moral justification to deal with it, no matter how determined they are to do so.

At times, one feels helpless to fight this especially when you need to get something done quickly. To detangle this web of corruption, we need to start a campaign to sensitize the next generation so that at least a good percentage of those that come into positions of authority would have a different perspective.

Lorsque l'environnement est tellement saturé avec la corruption, il devient très difficile de ne pas être pris dans la toile. La corruption vient plusieurs fois sous la forme d'extorsion. Dans un bureau, en particulier dans l'établissement du gouvernement, les travailleurs essayent constamment  de vous manipuler pour les acheter le déjeuner pour avoir "la force" pour terminer votre travail. Ils vous diront soit vous leur donnez le déjeuner ou leur permettre d'aller à leur pause déjeuner avant de continue avec votre affaire, surtout si ils savent que vous avez un temps limité. En fait, cela transform parfois d'extorsion au chantage doux. Vous pourriez vous demander pourquoi on ne fait pas un rapport au patron immédiat, la réponse est; le patron sort de la même souche. Il ya cependant quelques-uns qui font leur travail sans aucun tracas et quand nous entrons en contact avec ceux-ci, il ya ce sentiment que quelque chose est anormal. Lorsque ce qui est bon devient une anomalie, alors quelque chose ne va pas avec cette société.

J'étais dans le transport public l'autre jour et nous sommes arrivés à un point de contrôle de police et le policier disais au chauffeur de les bénir. Ceci est la nouvelle langue qu'ils ont développé pour extorquer les chauffeurs. Il est difficile de ne pas croire que la raison pour laquelle cela continue à harceler notre société est que ceux qui ont gravi les échelons sont soit une partie de la corruption / extorsion ou ils ont en fait partie et ils n'ont pas de justification morale d'agir

, peu importe la façon dont ils sont déterminés à le faire.

À certains moments, on est se sent impuissant à lutter contre ces maux en particulier lorsque vous avez besoin de faire quelque chose rapidement. Pour démêler cet écheveau de la corruption, nous devons commencer une campagne pour sensibiliser la prochaine génération de sorte qu'au moins un bon pourcentage de ceux qui se retrouveront dans des positions d'autorité aurait un point de vue différent.

MentorAfrica: FACE OF CORRUPTION - LA FACE DE LA CORRUPTION

MentorAfrica: FACE OF CORRUPTION - LA FACE DE LA CORRUPTION: In my interaction with youths, I give them questionnaires before our meetings to sensitize them and gauge their perspectives before the mee...

FACE OF CORRUPTION - LA FACE DE LA CORRUPTION

In my interaction with youths, I give them questionnaires before our meetings to sensitize them and gauge their perspectives before the meetings to enable us have effective discussions. One of the questions is “Corruption has a face, where do we find it? A) it is faceless B) it is masked C) it is in me D) it is in others”.

It is amusing to see that a very hitch percentage tick the C option. However, in real life experience people always point to others when they talk about corruption. I now understand that until you bring people to think in their own quiet moments they do not come to terms with the fact that they might be a part of the problem. Everybody automatically thinks of politicians when they hear the word “CORRUPTION” meanwhile in our society, it is found in every thread of the fabric. This a society where people think that doing their job is doing you a favour so you have to “motivate them” or “facilitate” the process before they can do the job for which they are paid. It amazing how a clerical officer in the ministry expects to get something before bringing out a file that his/her boss has requested for. It has become so bad that even health workers who are dealing with matters of life and death expect to be “motivated” before they attend to a patient. Every office one enters, workers expect to be “motivated” before the carry out their legitimate duties. If you think it is only in the public sector, think again. The private sector is giving the public sector a run for its money.

Bringing politicians and other officers to book is excellent but until we get to the roots and do something about the psyche of the younger generations who think CORRUPTION IS A WAY OF LIFE, we are not going in anywhere anytime soon.

Dans mon interaction avec les jeunes, je leur donne questionnaires avant nos réunions afin de les sensibiliser et de mesurer leurs points de vue avant les réunions afin de nous permettre  des discussions efficaces. Une des questions est «La corruption a un visage, où la trouvons-nous? A) il est sans visage B), il est masqué C), il est en moi D) il est dans d'autres ".

Il est amusant de voir qu'un pourcentage très attelage cocher l'option C. Cependant, dans la vie réelle expérience de personnes pointent toujours vers les autres quand ils parlent de la corruption. Je comprends maintenant que jusqu'à ce que vous amener les gens à penser dans leurs propres moments de calme, ils ne viennent pas à accepter le fait qu'ils pourraient être une partie du problème. Tout le monde pense automatiquement des politiciens quand ils entendent le mot «corruption» Pendant ce temps, dans notre société, il se trouve dans chaque fil de la toile. Cette une société où les gens pensent que quand ils font leur travail ils vous font une faveur donc vous deverez les «motiver» ou «faciliter» le processus avant qu'ils peuvent faire le travail pour lequel ils sont payés. Il est incroyable de voir comment un employé de bureau dans le ministère attend d'obtenir quelque chose avant de faire sortir un fichier que sa / son patron a demandé. Il est devenu si mauvais que même les travailleurs de la santé qui sont aux prises avec des questions de vie et de la mort attendent d'être "motivée" avant d'assister à un patient. Chaque bureau qu'on entre, les travailleurs attendent à être "motivée" avant l'exercent leurs fonctions légitimes. Si vous pensez qu'il est seulement dans le secteur public, détrompez-vous. Le secteur privé rivalise maintenant le secteur public.

Punir les politiciens et d'autres officiers  est excellente, mais jusqu'à ce que nous arrivons à les racines et faire quelque chose à propos de la psyché des jeunes générations qui pensent que la corruption est un mode de vie, on ne va pas nulle part où dans sitôt.

MentorAfrica: PARTNERING FOR DEVELOPMENT

MentorAfrica: PARTNERING FOR DEVELOPMENT: Working with youths and focusing on national reorientation and development, I feel a sense of obligation to help them understand how societ...

PARTNERING FOR DEVELOPMENT

Working with youths and focusing on national reorientation and development, I feel a sense of obligation to help them understand how society works. In Nigeria, a lot of citizens do not understand a great percentage of the goings on in government which means a majority of them work on assumptions. If we can get the youths to understand things like Private Public Partnerships, it could help to prepare them for future leadership positions and what they would need to do to get things working better. This could also help them to communicate more purposefully when they want to express their concerns to those in authority.

Yet to be completed BRT project in Warri, Delta State, Nigeria

Abandoned projects have become a recurrent decimal in the Nigerian environment, some are revisited and completed at some point while others are left to litter the landscape. This is a very sad situation to which successive governments have failed to find a lasting solutions. These constraints have led to a huge infrastructural deficit in every sector of society especially noticeable in the areas of basic needs. One of the very prominent area of abandonment is road construction.

Roads are left uncompleted and they practically become death traps as incoming administrations would rather start other road projects in area of their political interests. Contracts are constantly reviewed due to ever rising inflation and inability of government at times to meet compensation demands.

Public procurement is allegedly fraught with corruption by political actors, poor planning and bureaucratic bottle necks. Proper implementation of Private Public Partnership can act as a bridge to this infrastructural deficit. This a partnership where the private sector collaborates with the public sector to achieve a common objective. They come together to join forces; financial, technical, operational/management etc and also share the risks in order to carry out infrastructural development.

Good governance can provide a conducive atmosphere for this partnership which would result in efficient management of resources and remove undue burdens from future generations. Proper accountability by political actors aided by clarity, openness in decision making and a strong policy framework are foundations for the success of the PPP.

With the required structures in place, this is a partnership that could help government overcome inadequate infrastructure that constrains economic growth. The private sector brings in different skills and credibility that will encourage financial investors to bring in funds to help government overcome poor funding problems, weak analysis and challenges of infrastructural maintenance and durability.

MentorAfrica: SWIM TO THE BOAT 5 - NAGEZ VERS LE BATEAU 5

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