Nigeria’s war against corruption attracting int’l endorsements – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said his administration has taken measures to strengthen anti-corruption agencies to ensure total fight against corruption in the country.
Buhari said that the measures, including various national reforms and collaborative efforts with international organisations, were being made to strengthen the anti-corruption crusade.
The President made the disclosure during the passing out parade of 281 cadets of the EFCC Detective Inspector Course-5, at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna.
According to him, the administration’s war against corruption is also attracting international endorsements.
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“Our fight against corruption is being recognised by the international community as real and effective.
“The face of the country abroad is also changing as the international community is beginning to see Nigeria making substantial progress in the enthronement of transparency, accountability and good governance.
“My resolve is to ensure that the reforms are deepened such that there will be no hiding place for corrupt persons and proceeds of corruption.
“Also, my aim is to ensure that no government financial transaction is done in secret and all are subjected to public scrutiny,” Buhari said.
He appreciated the EFCC for the excellent work it was doing to stem corruption in the country and urged it to do more.
The President advised the cadets to conduct investigations that are evidence laden and capable of gaining conviction in courts.
Earlier, the Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, said the commission has arrested over 500 internet fraudsters over the past six months.
He said with the number of persons arrested by the commission so far, internet fraudsters have now gone into hiding or on the run.
“The EFCC is not satisfied with just prosecuting and jailing the fraudsters, rather the commission has concluded plans to reform them in collaboration with relevant government agencies towards making them better citizens.
“EFCC has zero tolerance to corruption as our mandate is to kill corruption as corruption is worse than all the diseases we have now and I strongly believe coronavirus is caused by corruption.
“Corruption is a huge burden to our nation as it has spread to insecurity, poverty, unemployment, falling standard of education, weak access to affordable health care, falling infrastructure and so many others,” Magu said.
He further said that the fight against corruption is a fight that must be won to secure a better future for present and next generation of Nigerians.
He added that the fight against corruption assumed a most systematic posture from 2016 with the development of anti-corruption strategy and national anti-corruption action plan which was launched in 2017.
