A Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Babafemi Badejo, has predicted that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu might do well in other sectors but would not thrive in the battle against corruption.
The university don disclosed this while delivering a lecture titled: ‘Interests’, at Chrisland University, Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Wednesday.
The professor said Tinubu may fail like his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, in the fight against corruption.
Badejo noted that Tinubu’s silence on the anti-corruption war since he came on board attests to the fact that the President may not be serious about fighting corruption in the country.
“It is my view that former President Muhammadu Buhari failed woefully on the issue of anti-corruption. He did start by wanting to implement the UN anti-corruption strategies and went further to appoint a committee and that committee did nothing till today,” he said.
Badejo noted that Tinubu has not been discussing fighting corruption the same way he promised to ensure judges in the country are comfortable.
“But no country can be comfortable by staying very far away from fighting corruption,” he said, hoping that Tinubu may change his mind later on corruption.
The university don maintained that previous administrations, including that of Buhari, did not face corruption frontally with the full political will that goes beyond mere lip service.
