President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption credential has again come to
the fore with the unanimous decision of the African Union Advisory Board on
Corruption, AUABC, to adopt him to play a leading role in efforts to rid Africa
of corruption.
This was disclosed in Lagos on Thursday by a board member of AUABC, Isa Ozi
Salami, during the formal launch of Nigeria’s foremost association of
publishers of online newspapers, the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers,
GOCOP.
Noting that Buhari emerged the continent’s preferred leader to lead a
vigorous anti-corruption war during the last AUABC meeting held in Arusha,
Tanzania, Salami said, “President Muhammadu Buhari was the person we
unanimously endorsed for that purpose.”
Salami, also a member of the board of Nigeria’s Independent Corrupt
Practices and other related offences
Commission, ICPC, was last year elected
into the board of AUABC.
According to him, “At the second meeting of the board of AUABC in Arusha,
Tanzania, the headquarters of the board, we resolved that on corruption in
Africa, we needed to adopt a champion for salvaging the continent from the
evils of corruption.”
The AU chief pointed out that the endorsement of President Buhari for such
important continent-wide campaign had far reaching implications, which among
other things, showed that Africa was beginning to reckon with the Nigerian
leader in his renewed fight against corruption in his own country.
He also said the endorsement of the President showed that Nigeria was again
returning to her leadership position on the continent.
“It means that Africa is beginning to give Nigeria its right leadership
status and respecting Nigeria for the efforts our new leadership on anti graft
crusade,” Salami stated.
(Source: NEWS NOW)
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