Professor Sagay Scores Buhari High In Corruption Fight

The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, PACAC, Professor Itse Sagay (SAN), Nigerians will greatly miss President Muhammadu Buhari when he leaves office because of his unprecedented achievements, especially in fighting corruption.

Professor Sagay stated this at a media chat in Lagos on the president’s scorecard in the area of anti-corruption. Professor Sagay said under President Buhari, over three thousand high-profile corruption cases were effectively prosecuted.

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He said the present administration had out-performed any other government since independence in 1960. ” There is no gainsaying that corruption, in all its ramifications, has been the bane of Nigeria. “Corruption has hindered the average citizen from getting a decent life. It has caused retrogression in all facets of our national life.

“While a few members of the elite control unimaginable wealth derived from corruption, most Nigerians wallow in poverty. “Therefore, the fight against corruption is a significant objective of the Buhari administration and is a noble cause that must be continued.

Professor Sagay Scores Buhari High In Corruption Fight

“From 2015 to date, the Federal Government, through the instrumentalities of its state agencies, has done a lot to defeat corruption and the corrupt elements,” he said. Professor Sagay said through the determination of the president to fight corruption, Nigerians had begun to witness more transparency in the delivery of constituency projects by lawmakers, unlike before when such were avenues for siphoning money.

“The fight against corruption led to numerous prosecutions and convictions. A lot of property has been forfeited by looters. Monies in both local and foreign currencies are being recovered. Many government agencies are returning to life, and citizens enjoy good services”.

In recovering stolen funds, he noted that about a trillion naira worth of looted money had been recovered, with properties of corrupt persons seized, especially in Abuja. Professor Sagay pointed out that recovered loot was ploughed back into the economy without being stolen again.

He said the government used several innovative instruments to block avenues of stealing money, as in the cases of the Treasury Single Account, TSA, which prevented government agencies from embezzling money, and the BVN, which stopped corrupt persons from looting funds using multiple bank accounts.

According to Professor Sagay, who identified building the capacity of anti-corruption agencies as among the most significant achievements of the committee, loot recovered from corrupt persons helped the present administration Expand social services to Nigerians, such as the Home Grown School Feeding Programme.

Others included the Npower programme of paying N30,000 monthly stipends to beneficiaries and the Conditional Cash Transfer Scheme of N5,000 monthly stipends to poor rural settlers.

Professor Sagay noted that through the fight against corruption, the fuel subsidy scam was halted, while the era of stealing through fake companies ended. In addition, he said, on average, 250 million dollars of stolen funds were repatriated to the country every three months.

The Chairman of the President Advisory Committee Against Corruption noted that the media should not relent in its noble activities of investigating corrupt cases to sustain the achievement. At the same time, searchlights should be beamed on state and local government levels and the judiciary.

Professor Sagay advised the incoming government to borrow a leaf from the Administration of the President. Buhari is courageous in fighting corruption.

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