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June 12, 2019
President MuhammaduBuhari says his administration will ensure effective asset declaration bypublic office holders and ensure sanctions by professional bodies againstlawyers, bankers, brokers, public officials, and other individuals facilitatingcorrupt practices.
The president gavethis assurance while speaking at the National Democracy Day Anti-CorruptionSummit in Abuja on Tuesday.
Buhari said thegovernment would also close existing legislative loopholes, facilitatecollaboration with the judiciary, and strengthen the criminal justice systemfor effective fight against corruption in the country.
While ensuringcomprehensive support and protection to whistle-blowers, witnesses and victimsof corruption, the president said his administration would adopt and formulatethe policy of ‘naming and shaming’ all those who engage in corrupt practices.
The Guest Speaker atthe event and former Director of Kenya’s Anti-Corruption Commission, PatriceLumumba lauded Nigeria’s strategies in fighting corruption, as he described theNigeria’s EFCC as the best anti-corruption agency across the African continent.