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Eze Onyekpere, executive director of the Centre for Social Justice (CENSOJ), gave the advice while speaking during a radio programme on 99.9 KISS FM in Abuja on Wednesday.
The programme, produced by the Progressive Impact Organization for Community Development (PRIMORG), featured journalists and editors who spoke in commemoration of the 2020 international anti-corruption day.
Onyekpere said the federal government is often “reluctant” in tackling officials indicted by corruption investigations, adding that the president must lead by example being the only person with the power to sanction indicted public officials.
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He said: “Through education, prosecution, investing in technology to detect those involved in fraudulent transaction and through taking all necessary steps like the judicial, legislative and administrative step will take Nigeria very close to eradicating corruption in the Nigeria society.”