Mr Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday said that women were vital to success in the fight against corruption in the country
Magu spoke at the Nigerian Women Against Corruption (WAC), South-West Project Rollout, organised by the commission in collaboration with the Office of the Wife of the President, Hajia Aisha Buhari, in Lagos.
The WAC project was flagged-off on Dec. 7, 2016 in Abuja by the First Lady.
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The EFCC boss blamed corruption for the current recession and the falling value of the Naira, saying it had become a threat to the survival of the nation.
He said that corruption had eroded many benefits Nigerians were supposed to be enjoying from the nation’s natural resources.
”We cannot sit and continue to watch our country drift into intolerable poverty. It is time to act!
”In this task, we can only look in the direction of women, who naturally are gifted with the power to raise and nurture generations of people.
“They hold the key to the success of the fight against corruption in Nigeria.
”Women have the power to change the destiny of our nation. I must say that we have taken the right step by inviting women to build the foundation for a sustainable national development, ” Magu said.
Source: NAN
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