British Visa: Oba Of Lagos Condemns Proposed £3,000 Deposit LAGOS -The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has condemned the British proposed 3,000 pounds deposit for visa by Nigerian travellers. Akiolu said this at the opening ceremony of a five-day workshop on corporate fraud organised by the police Special Fraud Unit in collaboration with the City of London Police in Lagos. “It is unacceptable to us as a nation, we will not take it. It is a big insult on us for British to demand 3,000 pounds before we can go to London. We are not criminals,’’ he said. On the corruption in the nation, the monarch stressed the need for the government to release the reports of the some major probe on corruption, including Halliburton case among others. Declaring the workshop open, the Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, said that lack of strict enforcement of the law against corruption was responsible to it striving in Nigeria. Ekweremadu noted that only the poor were found in the Nigeria’s prison, while the rich bailed themselves to enjoy their loots. He described corruption as threat to humanity, stressing that the major effect of it was the introduction of wrong values, where some people believed in overnight wealth. “Wrong value is what corruption breeds. It encourages overnight millionaire, suggesting that hard work doesn’t pay. Some people are encouraging corruption in the society by giving chieftaincy titles and honour in churches to corrupt persons,’’ he noted. The senator said that for corruption to be checked there should be creation of jobs opportunities, good business environment for big and small business to strive, provision of electricity and ICT introduction to crime detector. He noted that Nigeria could not run a federal system of government and maintain a good police force. The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, who was represented by DIG Peter Gana, described corporate fraud as a difficult crime to prevent. “With the creation of effective policies, a system of checks and balances and physical security, a company may limit the extent to which fraud can take place. “Corporate fraud is considered a white collar crime and the gate keepers in the financial market can perform better if properly equipped with modern tool of prevention,’’ Abubakar noted.
Posted on: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 12:47:50 +0000
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