Mutfwang: Educated Nigerians masterminding corruption, institutional decay

…says professionals behind major governance failures
…challenges graduates to choose integrity over wealth
By Joseph Erunke, Abuja
Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has accused educated Nigerians of masterminding some of the country’s most damaging corruption scandals, financial fraud and institutional abuses, saying the nation’s governance crisis is not a result of a shortage of intellectual capacity but a failure of conscience.

Mutfwang said some of the most sophisticated acts of financial fraud, contract manipulation, money laundering and subversion of public institutions were perpetrated by people whose academic qualifications and professional expertise should ordinari...