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President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption credential has again come to the fore with the unanimous decision of the African Union Advisory Board on Corruption, AUABC, to adopt him to play a leading role in efforts to rid Africa of corruption.
This was disclosed in Lagos on Thursday by a board member of AUABC, Isa Ozi Salami, during the formal launch of Nigeria’s foremost association of publishers of online newspapers, the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers, GOCOP.
Noting that Buhari emerged the continent’s preferred leader to lead a vigorous anti-corruption war during the last AUABC meeting held in Arusha, Tanzania, Salami said, “President Muhammadu Buhari was the person we unanimously endorsed for that purpose.”
Salami, also a member of the board of Nigeria’s Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, ICPC, was last year elected into the board of AUABC.
According to him, “At the second meeting of the board of AUABC in Arusha, Tanzania, the headquarters of the board, we resolved that on corruption in Africa, we needed to adopt a champion for salvaging the continent from the evils of corruption.”
The AU chief pointed out that the endorsement of President Buhari for such important continent-wide campaign had far reaching implications, which among other things, showed that Africa was beginning to reckon with the Nigerian leader in his renewed fight against corruption in his own country.
He also said the endorsement of the President showed that Nigeria was again returning to her leadership position on the continent.
“It means that Africa is beginning to give Nigeria its right leadership status and respecting Nigeria for the efforts our new leadership on anti graft crusade,” Salami stated.
Daily Post.
