The Imo state governor,
Rochas Okorocha has revealed why political office holders and state
governors steal from the public treasury.
Okorocha said those in office steal public funds because their salaries are not enough.Speaking
with Channels Television, he maintained that everyone in Nigeria was
corrupt to a certain degree. The governor stressed that seeking to stop
politically-exposed persons from dipping their hands into the public
treasury will amount to an exercise in futility.
According to
him, “All men steal. There’s no man in Nigeria, from A-Z who will say
he lives with the money you pay him monthly. The salaries of governors
are N750,000 a month. So, if you don’t have a second office or something
else to do, you must steal. Any political office holder who doesn’t
have a second office, must steal.”