Olusegun Obasanjo Quotes

I have fought corruption.

Personally I don't think solving corruption is such a big problem.

We must reduce corruption to its fair proportions.

Anti-corruption is a core constitutional value. It always has been.

I will be happy with certainly when the corruption index improve.

In the Mexico we want, there is no room for corruption, for cover-ups, and least of all for impunity.

All my life I have fought corruption.

I want either less corruption, or more chance to participate in it.

Corruption is one of the high priorities of my agenda.

Corruption has to be removed from the whole country.

2016 is the year of eliminating corruption.

We have realized that corruption is rife, and we are going to address it. We are going to root out corruption, and that is a promise I can make.

No one can end it, but incidents of corruption can be reduced.

We have now recently launched the national integrity plan.

I'm going to go after crime and corruption wherever it is. But I did focus particularly on the need to restore public confidence in essential institutions of both the public and private sector.

Fighting corruption is not just good governance. It's self-defense. It's patriotism.

I promise, before God and my community, to seek reforms so that the powerful and corrupt are no longer above the law.

We must rid the country of corruption, cronyism and nepotism.

Armed with purity of intentions and firmness of purpose, I may reasonably entertain the hope of being able to clear the administrative agency of all corruption and incompetency, and impart to it the maximum of honesty and efficiency. I now warn my officials of all ranks that I have fully made up my mind to put down corruption and intrigue wherever they may be found.

Corruption undermines public confidence in our country and institutions. It is a huge cost to the economy. Combating it will take courage, determination and perseverance. The most effective means of doing it is by creating a climate not receptive to corruption.

The first principle of tackling corruption is that you do not engage in it and you have the will to confront it.

We have made a full frontal attack on corruption. The question is whether we can address the question of governance in developing countries and, particularly, corruption.

Corruption is a disease, and sometimes it's institutionalized. It takes years to remove it. But I want to remove it.

If we are to put a stop to corruption and state capture, those responsible must be brought to book.

My father saw that there is no way we can stay in the G-20 and grow with this level of corruption. In early 2015, one of his first orders to his team was to collect all the information about corruption - at the top. This team worked for two years until they collected the most accurate information, and then they came up with about 200 names.