Date: 2016-12-19

Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has said that corruption is antithetical to growth and remains an endangered species to democratic institutions.

He warned civil servants in the state against corruption as none of those caught in the act would be spared.

Governor Ahmed said this in Ilorin, the state capital during the launching of the crusade of "war against corruption among civil servants in Kwara state."

The event organised by Peace Corps group, a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) for all the civil servants in the state from levels eight and above, was aimed at sensitising the workers against corruption.

The governor, represented by the Head of Service Mrs. Zainab Omar, "corruption poses a great danger to growth, undermines the rule of law and will ultimately lead to political instability. That is the main reason we will not spare anyone caught in the act.

He disclosed that the state government had since established a Merit Based Promotion System (MBPS) noting that the system had since expunged quota or any form of discrimination from the state's civil service.

Besides, he said distributions of projects across the state are based on merits and needs, adding that "all these steps and many others are aimed at ensuring that corruption has no value in the state."

He thanked the organisers of the programme for their robust ideas just as he urged all other NGOs to tinker the way forward on how peace can fester in the state and how the state can be free of corruption.