Small-income people victims of corruption, says TIB chief

Executive Director of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Iftekharuzzaman said small income people are the main victims of corruption.
About 63 percent people are being affected by corruption in anyway and the amount of money involved is 2.4 percent of gross national income (GNP), he added.
He said this while speaking at an opinion exchange meeting on ‘Local-based Anti-corruption Movement; Prospect and Challenge’ at the conference room of the deputy commissioner of Chapainawabganj on Monday evening.
The meeting was arranged by the Committee of the Concerned Citizen (CCC), of TIB, Chapainawabganj with the president of the CCC Selina Begum in the chair.
Iftekharuzzaman said politics is going out of control of the real politicians and politics and business have become co-related and as a result politicians coming from the business community are using politics in their own interest.
Referring to a speech of the father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman of March 26, 1975, he said, Bangabandhu gave a guide line for curbing corruption from the country. “If we can reduce corruption, our economic growth will scale up by 3 to 4 percent, he added.
Although Corruption Perception Index (CPI) of 2014 shows a slight improvement Bangladesh still has to improve further, he said.
Citing some examples of large scale
corruption in Padma Bridge, share market and companies of Destiny and Hallmark he said in these cases some people preferred personal interest over the national  interest. He also asked all to say ‘no’ to corruption and stand by those who are fighting against corruption.

Small-income people victims of corruption, says TIB chief

Executive Director of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Iftekharuzzaman said small income people are the main victims of corruption. About 63 percent people are being affected by corruption in anyway and the amount of money involved is 2.4 percent of gross national income (GNP), he added. He said this while speaking at an opinion exchange meeting on Local-based Anti-corruption Movement; Prospect and Challenge at the conference room of the deputy commissioner of Chapainawabganj on Monday evening. The meeting was arranged by the Committee of the Concerned Citizen (CCC), of TIB, Chapainawabganj with the president of the CCC Selina Begum in the chair. Iftekharuzzaman said politics is going out of control of the real politicians and politics and business have become co-related and as a result politicians coming from the business community are using politics in their own interest. Referring to a speech of the father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman of March 26, 1975, he said, Bangabandhu gave a guide line for curbing corruption from the country. If we can reduce corruption, our economic growth will scale up by 3 to 4 percent, he added. Although Corruption Perception Index (CPI) of 2014 shows a slight improvement Bangladesh still has to improve further, he said. Citing some examples of large scale corruption in Padma Bridge, share market and companies of Destiny and Hallmark he said in these cases some people preferred personal interest over the national interest. He also asked all to say no to corruption and stand by those who are fighting against corruption.