On Tuesday, the Federal Government declared that it was rethinking its strategy for battling corruption on a worldwide scale in light of the mounting calls for the creation of an international anti-corruption court.
According to the administration, it is impossible to emphasise how corrupt practises have harmed Nigeria’s growth, stability, and prosperity.
This was stated in a speech given in Abuja during the 33rd Anti-Corruption Situation Room hosted by Human and Environmental Development Agenda, also known as HEDA Resource Centre, in partnership with Integrity Initiatives International. The speaker was Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice. He was represented by Yusuf Abdullahi Abdulkadir, Deputy Director (Public Prosecution).
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He declared: “The creation of an IACC would be extremely beneficial for Nigeria, a nation that has been severely impacted by corruption. Such a court could offer a venue for addressing matters involving people and assets situated abroad, frequently linked to large-scale corruption schemes that have a terrible impact on Nigeria’s development efforts. It could be used as a further weapon to support and boost the country’s domestic anti-corruption initiatives. It is impossible to overestimate how corrupt practises harm Nigeria’s growth, stability, and prosperity.
The AGF referred to graft as a cancer that knows no bounds, undermines confidence, weakens institutions, hinders economic growth, and perpetuates social injustice while identifying corruption, in all its manifestations, as a serious threat to the stability, advancement, and development of nations around the world.
The HEDA Chairman, Olanrewaju Suraj, bemoaned the fact that “many corrupt people are getting elevated to higher places.”
“You may observe ministers who are under investigation for corruption being re-elected. Many of them are currently serving in federal and state government, he added. “Some of them are becoming ministers, some governors who are still in court and ministers are now heads of agencies.
