EVEN PRESIDENTS DON'T SNITCH

 President Goodluck Jonathan has lamented that in spite of institutional reforms aimed at fighting corrupt practices, Nigerians, through their actions encourage corruption. He also said both the public and private sectors were involved in corruption but stated that he would not give out their names "so that I won't be attacked." The President spoke while declaring open the 54th annual conference of the Nigerian Economic Society in Abuja on Tuesday. The conference, which has as its theme, "Institutions, institutional reforms and economic development," is the single largest gathering of economists in the country. Jonathan urged that if Nigerians did not "reward corrupt practices" through their actions, those involved in them would have no need to continue. Great words of advice from our President but it is worrying that our President feels naming the bad eggs in our society would cause trouble when in fact,it can help move the country forward.