HOW CORRUPT ARE YOU?

HOW CORRUPT ARE YOU?

Awarding contracts to family, friends and cronies is corruption.
Awarding oil blocks to family, friends and associates is corruption.
Awarding National Honors to undeserving persons is corruption.
Awarding humongous salaries to legislators is corruption.
Awarding contracts without bidding is corruption.

Demanding bribes before providing service is corruption.
Demanding bribes before releasing imported goods is corruption.
Demanding sex before service is corruption.
Demanding bribes before issuing licenses is corruption.
Demanding unnecessary documentation is corruption.

Destruction of farmlands is corruption.
Destruction of private buildings without compensation is corruption
Destruction of schools is corruption.
Destruction of churches is corruption.
Destruction of mosques is corruption.

Disobeying court orders is corruption.
Disobeying the constitution is corruption.
Disobeying the people’s will is corruption.
Disobeying your spouse is corruption.
Disobeying warning signals is corruption.

Disregarding human rights is corruption.
Disregarding equity in the provision of infrastructure is corruption.
Disregarding the protestations of your constituents is corruption.
Disregarding the sufferings of the masses is corruption.
Disregarding killings perpetrated by your tribe is corruption.

Employment of relatives without requisite experience is corruption.
Employment of workers without requisite experience because of religion is corruption.
Employment of workers without requisite experience because of tribe is corruption.
Employing violence in elections is corruption.
Employing ghost workers is corruption.

Extorting money from motorcyclists is corruption.
Extorting money from motorists is corruption.
Extorting money from transporters is corruption.
Extorting money from your congregation for private use is corruption
Extorting money from contractors is corruption.

False tax assessment is corruption.
Falsification of age declaration is corruption.
Falsification of asset declaration is corruption
Falsification of election returns is corruption.
Falsifying educational qualifications is corruption.

Harassing opponents with state agencies under the guise of fighting corruption is corruption.
Harassing judges with state security agencies is corruption.
Harassing peaceful protesters is corruption.
Harassing and intimidating government officials is corruption.
Harassing people who not share your tribal, religious, or political views is corruption.

Hiring only your relatives is corruption.
Hiring only from your tribe is corruption.
Hiring only from your hometown is corruption.
Hiring only people from your religious affiliation is corruption.
Firing people, who are not your relatives, not from your tribe, not from your hometown, not of the same religious persuasion is corruption.

Inflating prices of goods and services is corruption.
Inflating contracts for private gain is corruption.
Inflating budgets for private gain is corruption.
Inflating estimates of policy interventions is corruption.
Inflating population estimates is corruption.

Killing peaceful protesters with impunity is corruption.
Killing on a religious basis is corruption.
Killing developmental plans is corruption
Killing non-convicted persons is corruption.
Killing political enemies is corruption.

Maintaining a foreign bank account by public officials is corruption.
Maintaining a state of tension for political advantage is corruption.
Maintaining public infrastructure in a perpetual state of disrepair is corruption.
Maintaining concubines with public money is corruption.
Maintaining a luxury lifestyle with public money is corruption.

Not disclosing an illness being treated with government funds is corruption.
Not disclosing your daily estacode allowance is corruption.
Not being transparent in governance is corruption.
Not being accountable to anyone is corruption.
Not publicly disclosing your assets is corruption.

Promotion of undeserving employees on an ethnic basis is corruption.
Promotion of undeserving employees on a religious basis is corruption.
Promotion of undeserving employees on tribal basis is corruption.
Promotion of undeserving employees on a sexual basis is corruption.
Promotion of hate for selfish or sectional gain is corruption.

Proposing or passing bills for sectional interest is corruption.
Proposing or passing bills for political advantage is corruption.
Proposing or passing bills for religious advantage is corruption.
Proposing or passing bills for selfish economic interests is corruption.
Proposing or passing bills for ethnic advantage is corruption.

Selling public properties at give-away prices to friends, associates and family is corruption.
Selling false promises to win an election is corruption.
Selling one program and delivering a different program is corruption.
Selling your interests before the public interest is corruption.
Selling your soul to the highest bidder is corruption.

Using public fund for overseas treatment is corruption.
Using public resources for private gain is corruption.
Using public funds for religious pilgrimages is corruption.
Using public agencies for political purposes is corruption.
Using a public position to advance private or sectional interests is corruption.

Withholding salaries is corruption.
Withholding pensions is corruption.
Withholding appropriated funds for private use is corruption.
Withholding local government funds is corruption.
Withholding state funds is corruption.

Discrimination based on age is corruption.
Discrimination based on religion is corruption.
Discrimination based on sexual orientation is corruption.
Discrimination based on tribe is corruption.
Discrimination based on appearance is corruption.

Education of only male children is corruption
Evasion of taxes is corruption.
Marriage to underage girls is corruption.
Treating women as second-class citizens is corruption.
Corruption cannot fight corruption!

105 types of corruption are listed. If you score:
1. <5, you are a Saint
2. 5 – 10, mildly corruption.
3. 10 – 20, moderately corrupt.
4. >20, severely corrupt
5. > 50, will end up in Hell or will be reincarnated as a rat or weasel!

3 thoughts on “HOW CORRUPT ARE YOU?

  1. Waoh! I don’t think this article missed anything at all, and the reincarnation as a rat… is quite appropriate and can reach the inner core of the most hardened miscreants.

  2. From your analysis on corruption, we are all guilty in one way or the other. In the absence of strong institutions, not strong individuals, corruption takes over. To build and sustain strong institutions in a highly corrupt environment seems almost imposible. But we should not loose hope. Society evolves.

  3. A commendable piece. This calls for self examination to all and sundry. Desist from areas you are concerned and with time there won’t be need again to restructure Nigeria. May God help us individually and collectively to leave a better society for the next generation.

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