ON AFRICA ANTI-CORRUPTION DAY, PRESIDENT BUHARI CALLS FOR OPERATIONALIZATION OF COMMON POSITION ON ASSETS RECOVERY
ON AFRICA ANTI-CORRUPTION DAY, PRESIDENT BUHARI CALLS FOR OPERATIONALIZATION OF COMMON POSITION ON ASSETS RECOVERY
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, who is also Chairman of the 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.
A statement from the special adviser to the president on media and publicity Femi Adesina said the President laments that “the massive corruption being perpetrated across African governments has created a huge governance deficit that has in turn created negative consequences that have worsened the socioeconomic and political situation in Africa.”
The President recalled his appointment as the African Union Anti-Corruption Champion which was due to the efforts and focus of the Nigerian Government on anticorruption plans expressing the need for Africa, as a continent, to recommit herself to the fight against corruption and the imperative to free resources for meaningful development.
President Buhari however expressed support for the call for the issuance of a continental message to commemorate the 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).
He urged the AU leader to ensure that African Union 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 the president said will be 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.
He commended the AU Chairman for calling on leaders in Africa to recommit themselves to the important task of reclaiming the continent from the vice of systemic corruption.
In a letter to South Africa’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa, who is also Chairman of the 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.
A statement from the special adviser to the president on media and publicity Femi Adesina said the President laments that “the massive corruption being perpetrated across African governments has created a huge governance deficit that has in turn created negative consequences that have worsened the socioeconomic and political situation in Africa.”
The President recalled his appointment as the African Union Anti-Corruption Champion which was due to the efforts and focus of the Nigerian Government on anticorruption plans expressing the need for Africa, as a continent, to recommit herself to the fight against corruption and the imperative to free resources for meaningful development.
President Buhari however expressed support for the call for the issuance of a continental message to commemorate the 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).
He urged the AU leader to ensure that African Union 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 the president said will be 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.
He commended the AU Chairman for calling on leaders in Africa to recommit themselves to the important task of reclaiming the continent from the vice of systemic corruption.