Fighting Corruption In Nigeria Is Dangerous – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Former Minister of Finance in Nigeria, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has declared that fighting corruption is ‘Dangerous’.

She made this known in a book titled; ‘Fighting Corruption is Dangerous: The Story Behind the Headlines.’

The former World Bank Managing Director also revealed on her Twitter handle that writing the book in the first place was “risky”.

The book, according to her, provides insight into what it means to deal with corruption from the front-lines, and will give young people the hope and courage to fight.

1/5 Dear Friends, my new book “Fighting Corruption is Dangerous: The Story Behind the Headlines” is set to be released by the MIT press on April 12. Please click https://t.co/Tmh6xWJGUm to see Publishers’ description and the information on pre-ordering from Amazon or MIT Press.

— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (@NOIweala) April 9, 2018

2/5 The book description notes that it is risky for me to write this book, but also dangerous not to write it. It is risky because corrupt and vested interests described in the book may attempt to attack me and my family physically and reputationally as they have done before.

— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (@NOIweala) April 9, 2018

3/5 But keeping quiet allows these same vested interests to muddy the waters and pretend to be reformers. Vested interests thrive in opaqueness and confusion.

— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (@NOIweala) April 9, 2018

4/5 Nigerians deserve transparency on the way governance, budget, and financial management processes work. Until they understand this and demand better nothing much will change.

— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (@NOIweala) April 9, 2018

5/5 Development practitioners need insights into what it means to grapple with corruption from the frontlines. And our young people need hope. They need to know that if they have the courage to fight they can win.

— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (@NOIweala) April 9, 2018

This book elucidates the challenges and opportunities, dangers and pitfalls, failures and successes in fighting corruption. https://t.co/Tmh6xWJGUm

— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (@NOIweala) April 9, 2018

Ultimately the book makes clear that if we have the courage of our convictions we can begin the journey of building institutions that are the necessary, if not sufficient, foundations to fight corruption.

— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (@NOIweala) April 9, 2018