President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday called on world powers to corroborate Nigeria in his fight against corruption and moves to recover looted funds back to the country.
The president said this while addressing audience at the Commonwealth Secretariat in London.
In his keynote address titled “Tackling corruption together: A conference for civil society, business and government leaders” Buhari called for partnerships and establishment of international judicial framework to further enhance countries anti-corruption wars.
“This evil practice is manifested in the plundering and stealing of public funds, which are then transferred abroad into secret accounts. I therefore, call for the establishment of an international anti-corruption infrastructure that will monitor, trace and facilitate the return of such assets to their countries of origin.”
Buhari also noted that tackling the menace of corruption is not an easy task as host countries are not helping in any way.
“Unfortunately, our experience has been that repatriation of corrupt proceeds is very tedious, time consuming, costly and entails more than just the signing of bilateral or multilateral agreements. This should not be the case as there are provisions in the appropriate United Nations Convention that require countries to return assets to countries from where it is proven that they were illegitimately acquired.”
The president said this while addressing audience at the Commonwealth Secretariat in London.
In his keynote address titled “Tackling corruption together: A conference for civil society, business and government leaders” Buhari called for partnerships and establishment of international judicial framework to further enhance countries anti-corruption wars.
“This evil practice is manifested in the plundering and stealing of public funds, which are then transferred abroad into secret accounts. I therefore, call for the establishment of an international anti-corruption infrastructure that will monitor, trace and facilitate the return of such assets to their countries of origin.”
Buhari also noted that tackling the menace of corruption is not an easy task as host countries are not helping in any way.
“Unfortunately, our experience has been that repatriation of corrupt proceeds is very tedious, time consuming, costly and entails more than just the signing of bilateral or multilateral agreements. This should not be the case as there are provisions in the appropriate United Nations Convention that require countries to return assets to countries from where it is proven that they were illegitimately acquired.”