Guardian EFCC has lost its value, says anti-corruption activist TUESDAY, 30 JULY 2013 00:00 FROM ANN GODWIN, PORT HARCOURTAPPOINTMENTS - APPOINTMENTS THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has lost its value, anti-corruption activist, Auwal Musa, has said Musa, the National Coordinator of Zero Corruption Coalition, explained recently in Port Harcourt during the launch of the Niger Delta Anti-corruption Network (NIDAN) that EFCC allegedly lacks the capacity to fight corruption in Nigeria. According to him, most of the anti- corruption agencies appear to have lost the public confidence in the fight against corruption due to what he identified as lack of pro-activeness and effectiveness in the way and manner corruption cases are handled in the country. Musa said: “EFCC has been abused to the extent that those who are involved in sharp practices are now the ones that urged you (victims) to call EFCC”. He alleged that the war against corruption has been undermined by government officials, adding that “it is in our interest to ensure that corruption is dealt with and that corrupt people are not allowed to enjoy the goods they have looted but what we see today is different, those who steal government money will even be the one to tell you to call EFCC because the agency is not doing what it’s expected to do”. He regretted that the situation has denied many Nigerians access to good education, water, health, and road amongst others. Musa however stressed the need to review the existing legislation on some of the anti-corruption agency to enable them deal with corruption squarely in the country. Musa said: “There is need for them to rebuild their confidence in dealing with corruption in Nigeria. It is necessary for them to ensure efforts are made to deal with the issue of corruption. We need to review the existing legislation on some of the anti-corruption agency to give the agency the necessary powers to deal with corruption. “Government needs to provide the enabling resources to deal with corruption, we need to ensure we have competent people with the required capacity that can investigate corruption, and we need to ensure that the judiciary is doing its work so that corruption is dealt with. We need to ensure that the government is not playing games with the issue of corruption.”
Posted on: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 08:22:26 +0000
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