The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other
Related Offences Commission, Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, SAN, has said the
President, Muhammadu Buhari, has a strong political will
to fight corruption in Nigeria.
Owasanoye said this during the presentation of a paper
titled, ‘Anti-Corruption Legislations, Policies and Practices: How they Align
with UNCAC, OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and other Regional Conventions on
Preventing and Combating Corruption,’ at the 26th INTERPOL Global Programme on
Financial Crimes and Assets Recovery in Abuja recently.
The ICPC Chairman, who was represented by ICPC’s Director of
Operations, Mr. Akeem Lawal, stated that the Buhari regime was known for not
interfering with the work of the anti-corruption agencies.
He also said the regime had been noted internationally to have a strong political will to fight corruption.
He called for collective effort to ensure anti-corruption is
institutionalised in Nigeria, adding that there was a need for strong
institutions that would survive governments in order to make the fight against
corruption a continuous one.
The Chairman also spoke on the need for principles, morals
and good attitudes while stating that leaders had a role to play just like the
followers.
“All of us are in this battle to ensure that corruption is
brought to a standstill, and we do it in a manner that is logical and
consistent with other international legislation and convention,” the ICPC boss
declared.
The programme had in attendance officers from security
agencies of different African countries.
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