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Kano anti-graft agency recovers N1.15 billion cash, property – Chairman

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The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission has recovered more than N1.150 billion in cash and properties between 2015 and 2016.

Muhuyi Rimingado, the Executive Chairman, Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja.

Mr. Rimingado said the commission has recovered several moveable and immovable property located in different parts of the state, adding that many individuals are under investigation by the commission.

He said, for instance, that the commission was investigating a land situated at Dotsa village that is worth a billion Naira and more than 60 plots at Riga Fada Village worth N365.7 million.

According to him, the commission had received more than 1,486 complaints this year on different aspects of life that involve corruption, contractual and marital disputes.

“From its inception in April 2005 to date, a period of 11-years, the Commission has received over 7,000 complaints and petitions.

“Comparative statistics shows recorded cases numbering 166 in 2005; 534 in 2006; 557 in 2007; 655 in 2008; 741 in 2009, 591 in 2010, 422 in 2011 to December 2013.

“The Commission only received 517 complaints and petitions, with no tentative figure from 2014 to 2015, but from August 2015 to date the Commission received over 3,300 complaints and petitions,’’ he said.

The chairman said that the commission had concluded plans to train 200 personnel at the ICPC Academy to boost its performance.

He added that training and re-training of staff would be continuous to enhance productivity in service.

He said that staff discipline was improved and the commission was able to employ over 120 staff for strengthening its activities in the state.

Besides, he said, the commission was first to introduce electronic attendance machine in the state to control lateness and enhance performance.

Rimingado said the commission was collaboration with the federal anti-graft outfits to complement the national war on corruption.

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State had earlier called on his colleagues to replicate the Kano model of Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission to assist the Federal Government in the war against corruption.

The governor explained that the fight against corruption was the cardinal principle of the Kano State Government under his administration.

Mr. Ganduje disclosed that since 2015 when the administration came into power, it had done everything possible to reorganise the commission through the provision of vibrant leadership and non-interference policy.

Anti-graft war is boosting foreign investors’ confidence – EFCC

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The anti-graft agency in Nigeria says the fight against corruption by the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has redeemed the image of Nigeria in the international community and has also encouraged foreign investments in the country.

The Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, made the assertion on Monday when he visited the headquarters of National Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN), in Kaduna State.

Speaking to reporters during the visit, the EFCC boss, stressed the determination of the Federal Government to rid the country of corrupt practices.

Mr Magu urged all Nigerians to support the anti-graft war in order to create a conducive environment for foreign investors to come in.

On his part, the General Secretary of the NUTGTWN, Mr Issa Aremu, emphasised the need for the government to come up with a national strategic policy that would give a strong backing in combating corruption at all levels.

He says the collapse of many industries in Nigeria was due to corruption and calls for total support to the fight against corruption.

The comment of the EFCC’ boss came on the same day the former Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr Reuben Abati, was taken into custody by the anti-graft agency.

He was spotted at the EFCC premises at about 5:30PM on Monday.

Abati’s detention may not be unconnected to the anti-corruption campaign of the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration which has intensified with a clampdown on some public officials from the previous administration.

He has not been named in any of the ongoing corruption cases.

Senate Committee Expresses Satisfaction With EFCC On Anti-graft Probes

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Senate Committee on Financial Crimes Anti-Corruption has commended the strides of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over probes of corrupt persons which has resulted in recovery of looted funds for government in the country.

Chairman of the committee, Senator Chukwuka Utazi gave the commendation yesterday when he led delegation of the committee on a visit to the acting Chairman of the commission, Ibrahim Magu, a release made available to National Mirror by spokesperson of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren, said.

The committee urged Magu to remain steadfast in the fight against corruption in the country. The release quoted Utazi as saying: “We have been monitoring the activities of the commission with keen interest, especially in the area of fund recovery and we are very satisfied.”

The committee assured the commission of its total support and stated that one of its priorities is to ensure that the commission’s headquarters, which has been under construction, is completed soon, in order to give the staff an enabling environment to carry out their duties more effectively.

The committee noted in the release that it understands that the EFCC was short-changed in the 2015 budget, and that it would ensure that its headquarters office is completed, to enable the commission get all it needs to work better, “given the approval of the 2016 budget.

“Utazi also disclosed that the committee would be visiting the zonal offices of the commission to inspect the available infrastructure and ensure that they have the required facilities to work with.

“Responding, Magu thanked the committee members and expressed his willingness to be supervised by the committee. “He added that he was always receptive to information and advice that would assist him and his team in the fight against corruption,” the release stressed.

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Anti-graft Fight Not Cause Of High Cost Of Living- Osinbajo

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The Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo has said that the political will of the present administration to fight corruption will not be in vain.
He said the federal government will continue to move decisively against those who have acted with impunity in the handling of public funds.

Osinbajo stated this at a symposium titled: “The best way to fund and sustain anti-corruption efforts in Nigeria”, organised by the Integrity Organisation and Convention on Business Integrity.

The vice president dismissed suggestions making the rounds that the fight against corruption was responsible for the high cost of living, higher electricity tariffs and economic hardships currently faced by Nigerians.
He said: “Corruption corrodes public trust, undermines the rule of law and delegitimises the state. These are the very ailments that the Buhari administration’s fight against corruption seeks to remedy.”
Represented by Prof. Itse Sagay, the vice president said government was working tirelessly to deny corrupt people hiding place.

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Jonathan’s Loyalists Write Buhari Over Lopsided Anti-graft Crusade

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Political aides of former President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday sent a protest letter to President Muhammadu Buhari over alleged disparity in the on-going investigation into cases of corrupt practices against some political appointees under the last administration.

The former political aides of the former President, under the aegis of the Voice of the South-South, declared that though they supported the anti-corruption crusade of President Buhari with the belief that it would be done with justice and equity, adding that the exclusion of the former presidents who are northerners and other APC stalwarts showed lopsidedness, selective justice and bias.

A statement issued yesterday at the end of an emergency meeting presided over by the state Chairman, Alex Dumbo and Chairman of the group’s Board of Trustees (BoT), Mr. Mike Ogiasa, stated that the cases of former Petroleum Minister, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke and the late D.S.P. Alamieyeseigha have shown the bias of President Muhammadu Buhari in handling anti-corruption matters.

According to the group: ”First, we observed that immediately the past Minister of Petroleum Resources was purportedly arrested in London, the Department for Security Service (DSS) promptly invaded her home in Nigeria. Apart from Mrs. Alison-Madueke, we are yet to see or hear the arrest of any of the rest 42 ministers who served in the immediate past administration…”

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