Corruption pulling Nigeria backward – PDP chieftain

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State, Dr Jelili Akinola, has described corruption as the biggest obstacle holding Nigeria back. Akinola made the assertion while assessing 27 years of uninterrupted democracy in Nigeria in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Thursday.
He said that decades of democratic governance in Nigeria have been a mix of progress and missed opportunities due to the high rate of corruption.
According to him, decades of mismanagement and diversion of public funds have slowed growth in road infrastructure, healthcare, education and other sectors across the country.
He maintained that the nation has recorded signi...