Comrade Issa Aremu, Vice President, Industrial Global Union, on Monday, October 24, 2016 identified corruption as a crime
against humanity which required concerted efforts of all Nigerians to fight and
defeat.
He made the remark while playing host to the
acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, who
visited the Textile Labour House, Kaduna.
Comrade Aremu who is also the General Secretary
of the Textile Workers' Union said that there was a linkage between the
collapse of many industries in the country and systematic corruption, citing
"addictive waivers" granted by some corrupt ministry officials in
recent past as economic crimes.
According to him, waivers, through corruption
encourages mass importation of substandard textile products at
relatively cheap prices, undermining local competitiveness, resulting in
factory closures and mass loss of decent jobs.
Comrade Aremu also decried the inability of most state governments to pay salaries which he blamed on corruption. He observed that even at $50 (fifty dollars) per barrel of crude oil, Nigeria is still a rich country, but only if corruption is tamed.
Comrade Aremu also decried the inability of most state governments to pay salaries which he blamed on corruption. He observed that even at $50 (fifty dollars) per barrel of crude oil, Nigeria is still a rich country, but only if corruption is tamed.
While praising the Buhari administration for its
resolve to fighting all shades of corruption, Comrade Aremu said there was an
urgent need for the government to adopt a holistic approach in ensuring that
the fight was total and not selective.
“The
Anti-Corruption Agencies (ACAs) should be empowered to invite anyone living
above their means to explain the source of their wealth adding that, if the
agencies are unsatisfied with the explanations for the acquisition of such
wealth, the person should be charged to court. Upon conviction, such person
should be made to forfeit the entire proceeds of corruption to
government", Aremu said.
He also called for the
establishment of a special account to be known as “Infrastructure Development
Fund”, IDF, into which all recovered proceeds of corruption shall be paid into.
In his remark, Magu said that more than ever before, there was hope for Nigerians as President Buhari had shown strong political will to kill corruption before corruption kills Nigeria.
Wilson Uwujaren
In his remark, Magu said that more than ever before, there was hope for Nigerians as President Buhari had shown strong political will to kill corruption before corruption kills Nigeria.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media &
Publicity
25th October,
2016
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