After an investigation, the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions stated that they have found that corruption is more prevalent in civil service than other sectors.

At a workshop on Governance and Accountability in Public and Private Sector Establishments In Nigeria on Wednesday, August 31, Senator Ayo Akinyelure (PDP), Ondo, the chairman of the committee stated that civil servants are more corrupted than the political classes.

Akinyelure stated that in order for Buhari's administration to win the anti-graft battle, it must get rid of corruption within the civil service.

He also said that public servants spend more years in service than politicians which is why “corruption persists in the public sector.”

Akinyelure said;

“Civil servants are the masters of (governance) procedures. They spend 35 years in service; while legislators and other politicians seek for votes every four years from the people to renew their mandates.

“The contemporary Nigerian society appears to have been plague-ridden with divergent problems varying from fraud, corruption, failed contracts, failed banks, insurgency and high level of insecurity.”

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Well at least you agree that you guys are corrupt