Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman
Abdulrasaq has hinted that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,
in Ilorin, the state capital, has contributed immensely to secure the resources
of the state from being looted by corrupt persons.
“The EFCC has been proactive,
they started working before we came onboard, I thank the EFCC for helping us in
Kwara State,” he said.
He promisied that “the state
government will work with the anti-graft Commission for the benefit of our people,
and we should join hands together to make the state work again.”
Abdulrasaq spoke at a Public
Education/Citizen Enlightenment Program organised by the Presidential Advisory
Committee Against Corruption, PACAC, and the National Orientation Agency, NOA,
in Ilorin, on August 6, 2019 with the theme, “Value Orientation and the fight
Against Corruption”.
He said: “This state was already
down when we came into power, no water in the hospitals, no electricity, and
the system was totally in chaos, no chairs in our schools, the money was being
diverted.
“Corruption had eaten deep in the
government [but] we are working with the EFCC to ensure that all these abuses
disappear from the system.
“It is very important to know
that when we don’t kill corruption, corruption will kill us as a nation.”
Earlier, the Head of Operations,
EFCC Ilorin Zonal Office, Isyaku Sharu, called on stakeholders, especially the
parents to assist government in fighting corruption and building a better
society.
“As parents, you have a big role
to play, you must educate your children about the dangers of corruption, and
when your Child is mingling with bad people in the society, you must call them
to order,” he said.
He further noted that one of the
focal areas of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, was to fight
corruption to a standstill, adding that, though the country is not in the place
where it is supposed to be, “I can tell you that we are not in the place we
were before, because this government is making progress when it comes to the
issue of fighting corruption”.
He said: “Within few months of
our operations in Kwara State, we have made significant achievements, and just
last week, the EFCC secured final forfeiture of a N150,000, 000 (One Hundred and
Fifty Million Naira) property (Plaza) to the Federal Government. The property
hitherto belonged to a civil servant
“The Commission (Ilorin Zonal
Office) has also secured about 30 convictions, in less than one year of
operations, with the majority of them being internet fraudsters.”
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