BY AKOMA CHINWEOKE
The   Chairman of the Coalition   Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL), Mr.  Debo  Adeniran, has  commended the  Nigerian  Institute  of  Management  (NIM), for  stripping erring members of their membership. He described the move as  a  good  approach   to  fighting  corruption  and  cleansing   the  professional  body.

According to the CACOL leader, “in  this  era   when   corruption  has  become  the  order  of  the  day, people  we  entrust  with our  money,  properties  and  lives  have  seen  such  entrustment  as  an  avenue  to use  our  resources  at  their  disposal  for  their   personal  enrichment thereby  leaving the  masses  to  groan  and  cry in agony of needs –  going  to  bed  on  empty  stomach, etc.

‘’They  had   always  believed  that  they  are  smarter  than  the  people  entrusting   resources  into  their   hands,  and  even  when  caught  in the  act,  they  believed  jail  is   not a  new  thing,  after all,  some  people  had   gone  to  prison but  only   to  come  back  home   wealthier.

‘’Some   even  believed  there   will  be  no  repercussion,  because  they  believed  they  can  buy  their  way  out  of  court  or  even,  out  of  jail.   Some  even  think  they  have  nothing  to  lose  because  sooner  or  later  they  will  be  out  and  free  as  a bird.”

Likening the action of NIM to that  which the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA),  meted to Mr. Michael Aondoakaa, a  former minister of justice, who was stripped of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), for similar reasons, Adeniran said, is  an  indication  that  despite  the  rot  in the  society,  Nigeria  still  has  a  professional   body  that  is   capable of maintaining  its  integrity  in the  face  gross societal   rot.