- Ibrahim Magu says civil society groups need to work with the EFCC in ensuring that right things are done
- The EFCC boss decries the rising rate of poverty within the south-south region
- Magu urges the CSO's to work towards ending corruption in the region by sensitizing youths and other interest groups about the evils of corrupt practices
Ibrahim Magu, the acting chairman of the EFCC, has urged Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the south-south to monitor execution of contracts by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to ensure transparency and accountability.
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The EFCC boss made the charge on Monday, July 24 in Port Harcourt, Rivers state at an interactive meeting with leaders of civil society groups in Rivers and Bayelsa states, according to Wilson Uwujaren, the spokesperson for the anti-graft agency.
“We must monitor how contracts are being given and how they are executed to ensure transparency and accountability. Also, Civil Society Groups are needed to work with the EFCC in ensuring that right things are done, not only in respect of contract issues but also in all other issues. Let people do the right thing within the South-South. If people do the right thing it is for the benefit of the people of Niger Delta”, he said.
Magu who decried the rising rate of poverty within the south-south region, noted that that money meant for the development of the region was not being accounted for.
He therefore, urged the CSOs to work towards ending corruption in the region by sensitizing youths and other interest groups about the evils of corrupt practices.
“We are coming together to adopt a common strategy, be committed and properly involved. You need patience, perseverance and courage. They will fight you because corruption always fights back but they cannot overcome you because you are doing the right thing”, he said.
Meanwhile, the EFCC has sent two officials to the UK with evidence that ex-Minister Diezani Alison Madueke committed fraud.
The anti-graft agency alleged that it now has enough evidence to nail the former petroleum minister for the fraud of oil fund amounting to $1.7 billion.
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A source in EFCC who spoke with The Nation newspaper said: “You know the Department of Justice (DOJ) in the United States released the details of the underhand deals surrounding the oil contracts bordering on the implication of the ex-Minister and two associates -Chief Jide Omokore and Kola Aluko. “
What the DOJ released was just a fraction of corruption-related allegations against Mrs. Alison-Madueke."
According to the source, more shocking details of the alleged fraud will soon be out from the EFCC and after the outcome of the investigation by the National Crime Agency( NCA) in the UK.
Watch in the video below as the the EFCC organised a march tagged ‘walk against corruption’ in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
