The chairman, Presidential
Advisory Committee on Anti-Corruption, PACAC, Prof. Itse Sagay, has said that
despite the condemnation by some elitists that the government of President
Muhammadu Buhari has failed in the fight against corruption, the government has
actually surpassed itself in the ongoing anti-corruption war.
Sagay who was speaking at a
stakeholder interactive session in Abuja on Friday said never in the history of
the country, apart from 1983 when the sitting President was the Head of State,
no administration had been successful in the war against corruption like the
current government.
Highlighting some of the
successes recorded, he said about N325bn has been recovered from Switzerland
alone. This was as he said that the recovered loots of Diezani Alison Madueke
alone had surpassed what had been recovered under any regime in the history of
the country.
He said, ”We have surpassed
ourselves. Regardless of what some elitists Nigerians who are unhappy
beneficiaries of the last corrupt administration are saying, war on corruption
has been extremely successful. 325 billion has been recovered from Switzerland
alone. The elitists are living in the world of illusion. Take another instance,
Diezani’s recovery alone surpasses what had been recovered under any regime in
the history of this country,” he said.
Sagay's said it was unfortunate
that Nigerians have soon forgotten the impunity and the waste experienced under
the immediate past administration.
Highlighting, however, the
achievements of PACAC as an advisory committee set up to advise agents of
government responsible for the fight against corruption, the Secretary of the
committee, Prof Bolaji Owasanoye said PACAC had been involved in various
consultations, capacity building, reviewing of petitions, creating of strategy
documents, reports, initiating policies such as the Whistle-blower’s,
advisories – key contribution on asset recovery, successful internalization of
IFF agenda, intelligence and information sharing as well as others.
He assured that the committee
would work more with various MDAs to ensure that corruption is totally uprooted
from the country.
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