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Corruption Still Thrives In Nigeria, Threatens Future Of Youths, EFCC Boss Laments

Ibrahim Magu EFCC

Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has said lamented that despite the war against corruption currently being waged, many federal, State and local government allocations are still persistently being misappropriated.

“If 50 percent of the allocations at the three tiers of governments are judiciously put to use, we would not be where we are in terms of underdevelopment and infrastructural decay.”

Ibrahim Magu, who spoke today, Thursday, when he visited the Naval Headquarters in Abuja on a courtesy call, expressed fear that unless Nigerians resolve collectively to abhor corruption in all forms, there will be no future for the youths.

The EFCC Boss said that his visit to the Naval headquarters was in furtherance of the inter-agency collaboration between the EFCC and other government agencies. “EFCC alone cannot fight corruption; we need all hands to be on deck. We have come to appreciate you for the robust relationship that exists between the EFCC and the Nigerian Navy, and we want to leverage on that to stem corruption in Nigeria.”

He appealed to the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas to help mobilize women in uniform, especially in the Nigerian Navy, to come out on December 7 to be part of the flag off of the Women Against Corruption programme by the wife of the President, Aisha Buhari.

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The Chief of Naval Staff, in his response agreed with the EFCC Chairman when he said “corruption fuels insecurity and responsible for lack of development. We just cannot afford to continue like that”.

He however advised the EFCC chairman that more attention should also be paid to corruption in the private sector.

He also said that after the flag off of the Women Against Corruption programme, “efforts should be made to look seriously in the direction of the children as there is the need to catch them young”.

“In whatever you are doing, be rest assured that we would be there to support you in kill corruption in Nigeria; because like the President said, if we don’t kill corruption, corruption will kill us.” [myad]

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