Former Chairman of the Nigeria
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, (NEIT) Professor Assisi Asobie, yesterday said that the
National Assembly must key into President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption
war for it to succeed.
Asobie, also a former President
of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said that President Buhari
should fashion strategic plan of anti-graft fight instead of the current ad-hoc
means of fighting corruption.
The former NEITI boss spoke at
the public presentation of two books written by Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa, as part of
activities to mark the 65th birthday of the frontline pharmacist.
Asobie said that the National
Assembly should stop treating the fight against corruption with levity which is
what National Assembly members are doing currently.
He noted that it is obvious that
National Assembly members are not doing enough to give necessary bite to the
fight against graft in the country.
The National Assembly, he said,
is the best institution that is adequately equipped to fight graft because the
parliament regularly receives the report of the Auditor – General of the
Federation and that of the Code of Conduct Bureau.
He faulted the use of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt
Practices and other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC) to fight corruption.
He noted that the use of the EFCC
and ICPC to wage war on corruption may not lead the country to achieve desired
results.
He also said that the anti-graft
war must not be politicized in order not to create unintended impressions.
Asobie said: “The President
cannot fight corruption using ad-hoc means. He should fight corruption with a
strategy plan and the United Nations require that.”
Credit: Nation
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