Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has said that Nigeria requires the support of the International community to facilitate the speedy recovery of her looted funds for national development.
He also said that effective collaboration between the Nigerian anti-graft agencies and their foreign counterparts would aid other laudable actions of the government in the fight against corruption.
Speaking at the weekend during the maiden meeting of International Corruption Hunters’ Network at Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, he lauded the leadership of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for taking advantage of the networking and knowledge transfer opportunities provided by the group to further strengthen its institutional processes.
He urged the group to continually avail its members of emerging top-notch strategies and methods in the fight against corruption.
Dogara, who spoke through the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes, Kayode Oladele, said: “I have no doubt in my mind that this meeting will further enhance peer learning, fruitful exchange and adaptation of best practices among members of the Network in areas such as investigative techniques, preventive advice, monitoring of the compliance standards of bad entities as well as the law enforcement agencies. The timeliness of this meeting cannot be over-emphasized for a number of reasons.
“First, it came at a time when the Nigerian government has launched a historic offensive against corruption. At the Vanguard of their integrity crusade is President Muhammed Buhari and other senior government officials who, through their commitment to the virtues of integrity, rekindled the confidence of Nigerians in the institution of government.”
Dogara further assured the group of the continuous support of the House in its quest to promote cross-border coordination and peer learning in the fight against corruption.
He, therefore, urged the group to think out of the box …Read More
Source:: PM Newspaper
