President Bola Tinubu, says he won’t interfere in the activities of anti-graft

agencies, and has since assuming office made deliberate efforts to tackle

corruption by funding the anti-graft agencies to deliver.

Tinubu described corruption as one of the most significant obstacles to the

country’s progress, saying all hands must be on deck to confront it.

Represented by the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, the President spoke in

Abuja at the 6th Annual General Assembly of the Network of Anti-corruption

Institutions in West Africa said, corruption remains one of the most

significant obstacles to the progress and prosperity

Tinubu, who is the Chairman of the Authority of the Economic Community of

West African States, called on ECOWAS countries to harmonize their legal

frameworks and strengthen the independence and capacity of anti-

corruption institutions, among others.

He promised to enhance cross-border cooperation in investigations and

asset recovery, and will invest in innovative technologies to detect and

prevent corrupt practices to strengthen the independence and capacity of

the national anti-corruption institutions, while, in his presentation, Nigeria’s

Minister of Foreign Affair, Yusuf Tuggar, said African countries lose an

estimated $8.6 billion yearly to illicit financial flows, which weakens

economies, as well as deprive governments of essential revenue, and causes

poverty.