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Join Buhari In Fight Against Corruption, EFCC Urges Nigerians In Diaspora

Abdulrasheed Bawa, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has urged Nigerians abroad to join President, Mohammadu Buhari in the anti-corruption campaign in order to improve the floundering image of the country, cut waste, and aid investment inflow.

He made the call while speaking at a virtual training organized for Nigerians in Diaspora, stating that Nigeria is believed to lose billions of dollars to crooks who feast on public funds.

The training was organized by Human and Environmental Development Agenda, (HEDA Resource Centre in collaboration with the EFCC, the United Kingdom-based Kent University Law School and Finance Uncovered with the support of MacArthur Foundation, Open Society Initiative for West Africa, (OSIWA), and Open Society Foundation.

Bawa who spoke through Dr. Enakeno Oju urged millions of Nigerians in the Diaspora to see themselves as anti-corruption envoys, that corruption fuels inequalities, aids poverty and provides incentives for extremism.

Olanrewaju Suraju, HEDA Resource Centre Chairman while speaking at the event, said the training would strengthen the capacity of professionals, researchers, and media practitioners to take a more active role in asset and illicit funds tracing.

Oju on behalf of the EFCC Chairman, Bawa, expressed full support for non-state actors helping to drive away corruption to the cesspool.

He said the fight against corruption is to reduce corruption or possibly eradicate corrupt practices in Nigeria.

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Another representative of the EFCC, Ahmed Ghali ran trainees through the technical details of spotting money laundering. He said the law against money laundering in Nigeria is enforced by the Money Laundering Prohibition Act adding that the outflow of illicit funds undermines sustainable livelihood.

“In Nigeria, there are no common law defenses to persons charged with money laundering offenses. The penalty for money laundering in Nigeria includes imprisonment for between two to three years,” he said

Resource persons like Dr. Gbenga Oduntan, Nick Hildyard and Lionel Faull all based in the United Kingdom taught participants on the technical skills needed to use search engines and social media platforms in discovering corrupt politically exposed persons and providing the relevant tools for professionals and journalists to discover stolen assets and looted funds.

Oduntan detailed participants through the technique of searching for property records and using new information technology skills.

He said the issue of corruption is what Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora ought to take very seriously.

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