Ibrahim Magu, the acting
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has dedicated
the 2016 Person of the Year Award bestowed on him by the Leadership Newspapers,
to Nigerians, calling for more support in ridding Nigeria of financial crimes.
“I want to dedicate this
award to all Nigerians who have supported us in the fight against corruption,”
he said.
Magu was among eminent
Nigerians, who were on March 17, 2017 recognised for their achievements in
various fields, including business, banking, aviation, leadership, music and
education.
The award
was bestowed on him for “doing one of the nation’s most challenging jobs in
your dogged fight against corruption, working without a letter of confirmation
in that acting capacity for over one year”.
Indeed, the
award and recognition of this dogged commitment to the fight against
corruption, comes a few days after members of the Nigerian Senate on March 15,
2017 chose to overlook the vigour with which the anti-graft czar has led the
anti-corruption vision of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration.
An elated
Magu, who noted that he received the award because “the process of selection
was transparent and the organisers have high integrity”, has been invited by
two leading anti-corruption organizations, the Transparency International and
Global Witness to speak at an international conference on money laundering and
assets recovery on March 21, 2017 in London. He would be speaking on the topic,
“Give Us Our Money Back – Nigeria’s Fight Against Corruption: A Critical
Conversation”.
“The
commitment of the leadership of this country in fighting corruption is not in
doubt, and so I call on everybody to join us in fighting corruption,” he added.
The event,
which held at the International Conference Centre, ICC, Abuja, had as its
theme, “The Rice Economy”. The Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, who
delivered the keynote speech on the theme, noted that Nigerian government aims
at making the country a major producer of rice, like India and China.
“By the time
Nigeria achieves self sufficiency in its rice production, it will mean the
saving of nearly $7 million a day from our foreign reserves, it will mean a
happier society,” Ogbeh said.
In
attendance were captains of industry, members of the executive and legislature
among other notable members of the society including, Minister of Justice, Abubakar
Malami; Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mohammed Bello; Minister of
Defence, Mohammed Dan Ali; Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio; Ministry
of Internal Affairs, Abdulrahman Dambazau; a former Vice President, Atiku
Abubakar among others.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head Media &
Publicity
18 March, 2017
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