The Senior Special Assistant to
the President on Public Prosecution, Okoi Obono-Obla, has urged the federal
government to take over empty houses in Abuja and sell them.
Obono-Obla made the call when
members of the ‘Say No Campaign’, a civil society organisation, paid a courtesy
call on him in Abuja.
He stated that it was important
for the government to collaborate with civil society groups in order to search
out properties of looters of national treasury.
Obono-Obla added that there was a
law known as the Recovery of Public Property Special Provisions Act which had
been in existence for the past 40 years without being implemented by successive
governments.
He said that if that law was
used, corruption would have been reduced drastically in Nigeria.
“I want the houses taken over, that is where CSOs will have to work together with us.
“We have to take over those building and sell them and maybe put the money into education for our children.
“I was appointed to work to galvanise the anti-corruption war; this assignment is a very important one and I will do it well.
“If you know public servants or directors that have properties, bring their names. I have been asked to focus on the public sector corruption which is the endemic one.
“We can investigate anyone with a source of wealth that cannot be explained,” he added.
Earlier, the director of Say No
Campaign, Mr Ezenwa Nwagwu, expressed the organisation’s worry about the mode
of prosecutions, especially those carried out by anti-corruption agencies.
He stated that the Say No
Campaign and other Civil Society Organisations were ready to partner with the
presidential aide to make his job easier.
Nwagwu said: “There are compromises involved. There are constraints in government that we don’t have, so if we partner together, we’ll be able to do much more.Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
“We want to be able to screen out particular areas where we will be able to assist you.
“There is a personality cult around the anti-corruption fight and that is not helpful. We want the citizens of our country to own the fight.”
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