Human rights lawyer and
anti-corruption activist, Femi Falana (SAN), has lambasted the President
Muhammadu Buhari administration over its fight against corruption in Nigeria.
Falana said the current
government seemed to be sabotaging the same challenge it was tackling.
“No doubt, the Buhari
administration declared a war on corruption. But the regime is currently
sabotaging the war through the questionable reinstatement of highly corrupt
public officers”, he told Thisday.
“Apart from the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, other anti-graft agencies have been tactically
castrated by the Senate which has refused to confirm the members of the
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and
Code of Conduct Bureau.
“The National Assembly has also
failed to pass the bills for the establishment of the anti-corruption court,
whistle-blowing bill, proceed of crime bill, etc”, he added.
He noted that criticism by the
opposition against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was genuine.
“The criticism is not unfounded
in view of the composition of the All Progressives Congress. The leaders of the
National Assembly, a substantial number of legislators, ministers and governors
were in the Peoples Democratic Party who migrated to the APC a few weeks before
the 2015 general election.
“With respect, the APC was a
special purpose vehicle for changing the federal government in 2015. No more,
no less; no commitment to any ideology or principle.
“The Buhari regime has not
mobilised and involved Nigerians in the fight against corruption. By
reinstating and retaining corrupt public officers the regime is encouraging
corruption to fight back. The APC controls the majority of the members of the
National Assembly.
“Yet, the assembly is dedicated
to the frustration of the war against corruption. Out of the 21 states
controlled by the APC only Kano state has an anti-corruption agency. Is it an
irony that the PDP government in Ekiti State is trying to set up an
anti-corruption agency?” Falana added.
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