Hold your politicians accountable for graft, Danish envoy urges Nigerians – Punch Newspapers

The outgoing Ambassador of Denmark to Nigeria, Mr. Torben Gettermann, has stressed the need for Nigerians to hold politicians, companies and individuals accountable if they must win the anti-corruption war in the country.

Gettermann, who said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, said such was what helped his country to become one of the least corrupt countries in the world.

“Denmark is one of the least corrupt countries in the world because we hold our politicians and our companies to account.

“We need to do that for our politicians, individuals, companies to not only subscribe to the ideal of being transparent and non-corrupt but also to actually live it out.

“We have a code of conduct for Danish companies. As public servants, we have to sign a declaration and we have to go through courses so that we know what corruption means,“ he said.