By Onishias Maamba in Chipata
The Non-Governmental Gender Organizations Coordinating Council (NGOCC) has charged that corruption has the potential to erode the nation’s governance fiber if left unchecked.
Speaking when she featured on a special programme on Feel Free radio, NGOCC Executive Director Engwase Mwale said that the fight against corruption is an indictment on the nation’s leadership to ensure that they do not preside over a nation whose people are violated by few selfish individuals.
Ms Mwale said that corruption is a cancer that deprives the nation of resources that are meant to benefit the masses.
She has since observed that the continued reports on corruption solely lie in the hands of the country’s leadership to ensure that they take bold steps in ensuring that any leader who is being investigated for suspected graft steps aside.
And speaking during the same progamme, NGOCC Networking and Communication Officer Whitney Mulobela indicated that his organization is concerned with the continued pilferage of public resources over the years which are supposed to benefit the Zambian people.
Mr Mulobela says this has resulted in social sectors such as education and health to suffer, charging that this why government must begin to show commitment in rooting out corruption.
