Anti- Corruption agencies task African leaders on synergy against graft

THE Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption ( PACAC), Professor Itse Sagay ( SAN), has enjoined African leaders to join forces against corruption, saying that Africa is worst hit by graft and that it must be changed.

Executive Secretary, PACAC, Prof. Sadiq Isah Radda, representing the Chairman, PACAC, said this while speaking at the 5th African Union Day of Anti- Corruption on the theme “Regional

Economic Communities: Critical Actors in the Implementation of the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combatting Corruption,” organised by PACAC and other collaborating partners such as Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission ( ICPC), Code of Conduct Bureau ( CCB), the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) and the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit ( NFIU).

Speaking on some of the social problems caused by corruption in Africa, the PACAC chairman called for collaboration among African leaders to achieve better results in the fight against corruption.

Prof. Sagay noted that Africa was suffering due to Illicit Financial Flows ( IFF), and therefore, urged African states to cooperate and speak with one voice to ensure that IFFS and looted funds stashed in other jurisdictions were recovered and repatriated.

“Instability in Africa would lead to instability in the

World,” he stated while stressing on the need to combat corruption in Africa.

Chairman of the ICPC, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye ( SAN), said that the theme to mark the AU Day of Anti- Corruption was apt as it was time for the practical and sustainable implementation of the AU resolutions against corruption.

Prof. Owasanoye stressed the need for synergy amongst agencies in experience and information sharing to advance the scope of the anticorruption fight.