President Muhammadu Buhari has
urged African leaders to ensure the immediate actualization of the Common
African Position on Assets Recovery (CAPAR), as the continent celebrates
Anti-Corruption Day, July 11, 2020.
In a letter to South Africa’s
President, Cyril Ramaphosa, Chairman of African Union, the Nigerian leader
asked for a re-commitment to the anti-corruption war by leaders on the
continent to engender an “integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, driven by
its own citizens, representing a dynamic force in the international arena.”
The President laments that “the
massive corruption being perpetrated across Africa’s national governments has
created a huge governance deficit that has in turn created negative
consequences that worsen the socioeconomic and political situation in Africa.”
The letter by President Buhari
reads in part:
“As Your Excellency is aware, the
continental fight against corruption has been premised on an irreducible
minimum that can pave the way for Africa’s transformation. In this effort, the
emphasis has been on the continent’s collective determination to forge
resilient partnerships among our national governments, civil society
organizations and other interest groups, such as women, youth and the
physically challenged, to ensure improved socio-economic, political and
security development and ultimately, the improvement of our continent.
“The concern of the African Union
is that the massive corruption being perpetuated across our national
governments has created a huge governance deficit that has in turn created
negative consequences that have worsened the socio-economic and political
situation in Africa.
“Your Excellency may recall that
these continental concerns led our colleagues at the African Union, to appoint
my humble self as the African Union Anti-Corruption Champion. I believe that
the efforts and focus of the Nigerian Government at home, partly informed this
decision as well as the need for Africa, as a continent, to recommit herself to
the fight against corruption and the imperative to free resources for
meaningful development.
“I am, therefore, in full support
of the call for the issuance of a continental message to commemorate this day,
on July 11, 2020, to re-commit the African Union to the continental fight
against corruption, including through a robust approach to assets recovery,
hence the need for a strategic framework on a Common African Position on Assets
Recovery (CAPAR).
“Happily, in February 2020, at
the 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union in Addis Ababa,
CAPAR was adopted. In my view, the African Union must go beyond the mere annual
celebration of the Africa Anti-Corruption Day by moving swiftly to
operationalize the African Common Position on Assets Recovery by all member
states. This is an excellent way to drive Africa’s Agenda 2063, for an
‘integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens,
representing a dynamic force in the international arena.’
“As current Chair of our Union, I
sincerely commend to you, this suggestion that seeks to call our leaders in
Africa to recommit ourselves to this very important task of reclaiming our
continent from the vice of systemic corruption.
“Please accept, Your Excellency
and Dear Brother, the assurances of my highest consideration.”
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