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| EFCC boss, Ibrahim Lamorde |
The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission has said that it has secured the conviction of over 1000
people in both public and private sectors in the country for various
corrupt practices .
The anti-graft commission also disclosed
that hundreds of graft cases were pending in various courts across the
country while billions of naira had been recovered from culprits.
The Executive Chairman of the
commission, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, stated this on Monday in Akure, the
Ondo State capital during a two-day workshop on budget monitoring and
tracking organised for community-based organisations, non-governmental
organisations, faith-based organisations, media and local government
staff.
Represented
by the Director of Public Affairs Department of the Commission, Mr.
Osita Nwajah, the chairman called for judicial reform to fast-track the
prosecution of offenders of corruption .
He said the commission came up with the
idea under its prevention mandate to ensure citizen participation at all
levels of budget processes for better service delivery.
He said, “Participation in budget
process is a constitutional right. Therefore, your insistence to
participate in it does not violate any law; rather, it strengthens
governance and leads to accelerated development and reduction in corrupt
practices at all levels of government.”
Punch
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