African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has identified the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, the Federal Ministry of Finance, and the Office of the Auditor General of the Federation as institutions he believes are at the centre of corruption in Nigeria.
Speaking in an interview with Lucky Udu, Sowore alleged that the three government offices are “largely responsible for corruption” in the country.
The AAC presidential candidate claimed that practices such as multiple payments to contractors occur within some government institutions and pledged that, if elected president in the next general election, his administration would leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) to eliminate waste and combat corruption across the public sector.
“If someone is trying to pay one contractor three times, the AI will detect it,” he said.
“At the end, you would have eliminated the Ministry of Finance, the Office of the Auditor General and the Office of the Accountant General because those are the three offices in Nigeria that are largely responsible for corruption.”
Sowore said his administration would prioritise technology-driven governance, with a focus on the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
“The presidency of Sowore is going to be about technology. It is going to be built on the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which is centred around artificial intelligence, the power of computing, blockchain technology and decentralised banking.
“What it means is that very soon, digital currency will flood the world and your central bank will become archaic,” he added.
