Has corruption become inheritable?

That was, perhaps, the verdict of the Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, recently while giving a lecture in Abuja.
An enlightened Emir, not given to frivolities spoke his mind in a public function as a guest speaker.
He said that ‘with just one phone call some Nigerians without investing any monies could become billionaires via the FOREX window’.
He was not raising an alarm but was as a matter- of- fact   stating the obvious.
From his personal findings, the type of corruption which existed in the days of fuel subsidy regime where many importers were paid millions without importing any drop of fuel into the country but were merely doing what they termed ‘round tripping’.
In selfsame manner, according to him, corruption had put on a new garb whereby foreign exchange business had become more lucrative than fuel subsidy deals.
A phone call links the privileged few to the Central Bank where foreign exchange is bought at the official rate and as soon as the buyers emerged from the bank, those waiting outside will buy them off at the black market price and smile home as billionaires.
As far as Lamido is concerned, he ought to know the inner workings of the CBN where he once reigned supreme as the Lord and Master.
We all remember the manner in which he was eased out of the CBN with some nostalgia and ill-feelings.
That will be a matter for another day but all the same  the implications of  what he said were obvious to many  discerning readers to the effect that corruption no matter how much steam we put into it has quite an ability to reproduce itself in many other ways and styles.
He did not name names of beneficiaries of the forex deals but many insiders in government can tell from a distance, especially, those benefitting from foreign travels usually benefit from this favoured sales of forex like Ministers and other aides of President Buhari going on  presidential tourism from month to month through these channels can maximise their forex and sell at the black markets for enhanced naira value.
Just as Lamido Sanusi, was a fervent supporter of the Buhari’s presidential ambition in 2015, he had never shied away from voicing his disgust over what passes as incipient signs of corruption within the regime.
This is one peculiar trait of core northerners from Kano and Kaduna.
This is true of Dr. Junaid Mohammed, a medical doctor and a former House of Representatives member also recently criticised Buhari for his predilection for appointing relations and cousins as members of his inner cabinet. Also recently Alhaji Balarabe Musa, a former PRP Governor of Kaduna state had expressed misgivings about Buhari’s chances in 2019 and even if, he rigged the elections he would not win.
Such is the difference between Southern and northern politicians, bold and courageous, without fear of favour.
When their discoveries about IDP camps and some huge billions allocated for the ameliorating the sufferings of the displaced persons, it seemed the corrupt elements were merely papered over and their duties were given to serving ministers. None of the officials were held accountable neither were EFCC officials unleashed on them because they were too close to the source of power in Aso Villa.
Such glaring acts of favoured treatment to some corrupt officials while others are put through the grill and the grind of state security operatives tells the difference in fighting corruption, which now wears the face of double standards.
From the foregoing can we boldly say and agree with the Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, that corruption had resurfaced under the Buhari administration because corruption by its very nature and character can be passed from one dispensation to another without the Executive’s burning desire to eradicate it  from the body politic.
If forex window is now the new lucrative spot for enriching a few persons in government and the authorities are turning a blind eye to this glaring fault, then we have merely moved from the fuel subsidy corruption to the foreign exchange corruption.
It is always good for the country to have persons of the caliber of Lamido Sanusi who play the role of conscientious objectors to draw our collective attentions to the emergence of diversification of corrupt practices in the land.
When nepotistic    appointments   are made by the central government in power, it is tantamount   to a corrupt practice. From the look of things, it would seem only the Executive arm of government can tell who is corrupt or who is innocent. Corruption has many faces or phases with the passage of time. Kudos to Lamido Sanusi, the Emir of Kano. Keep Shooting.