Senate President Bukola Saraki met face to face with
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) acting Chairman
Ibrahim Magu in Abuja.
It was at the N24billion newly completed office complex of the
anti-graft agency which Saraki inspected for about 40 minutes.
The handshake between the two men elicited thunderous applause
from dignitaries, EFCC and construction giant Julius Berger Plc
officlas on hand so much so that the Senate President allowed the
plea of those who missed the photgraph, for another round of
snapshots.
There is no love lost between the two men. The Senate has twice
refused to clear Magu to become the substantive chairman of the
EFCC.
This is in spite of the push by the Presidency whose insistence,
has now made the Senate to abandon the clearance of many officials
whose nominations are pending.
The Senate President is also facing trial over alleged false
assets declaration.
But yesterday, Saraki said the war against corruption is not
personal, adding that it should be everybody’s business.
He said: “If we are going to build a better society in our
country, one of the main things we must tackle is the issue of
corruption and how we can do that is by strengthening these
institutions.
“My presence here is to say that whatever we do in our job, the
most important thing is that we all represent institutions and we
must work and see that it is in the interest of the country.
“So my presence here is, after a building like this where the
National Assembly has played a great role, it must be my
responsibility to see how the money was spent and I can see that
that has been done properly and we should continue to work together
to see that goes well for the entire country.
“I think we have all said it. It is something we must fight.
There is no way you can build a society without fighting
corruption.
“I have always said that my own strong will is that as we fight
it, we must fight it in ensuring that we strengthen the
institutions and what you see here is part of the process of
strengthening those institutions so that whoever comes here will
know that this is what we must fight if we want to build
institutions.
“I think it (project) has gone through about three executive
chairmen and one did not come in to say this is not my project and
I must not continue. Each one has taken it as his own project. I
think that is good and that is the whole point that is important
and this is something we will be proud of for many years.
“In many years to come, I hope that we don’t have corruption in
an environment like this but for now, I think there are many good
aspects of this. Having a Nigerian that designed this, the details
are very impressive- the clinic and all the facilities- and the
fact that it has gone through three different administration and
the fact that the National Assembly has played its role and brought
it to completion, I think that it is a lot of plus.”
Senate President Bukola Saraki met face to face with
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) acting Chairman
Ibrahim Magu in Abuja.
It was at the N24billion newly completed office complex of the
anti-graft agency which Saraki inspected for about 40 minutes.
The handshake between the two men elicited thunderous applause
from dignitaries, EFCC and construction giant Julius Berger Plc
officlas on hand so much so that the Senate President allowed the
plea of those who missed the photgraph, for another round of
snapshots.
There is no love lost between the two men. The Senate has twice
refused to clear Magu to become the substantive chairman of the
EFCC.
This is in spite of the push by the Presidency whose insistence,
has now made the Senate to abandon the clearance of many officials
whose nominations are pending.
The Senate President is also facing trial over alleged false
assets declaration.
But yesterday, Saraki said the war against corruption is not
personal, adding that it should be everybody’s business.
He said: “If we are going to build a better society in our
country, one of the main things we must tackle is the issue of
corruption and how we can do that is by strengthening these
institutions.
“My presence here is to say that whatever we do in our job, the
most important thing is that we all represent institutions and we
must work and see that it is in the interest of the country.
“So my presence here is, after a building like this where the
National Assembly has played a great role, it must be my
responsibility to see how the money was spent and I can see that
that has been done properly and we should continue to work together
to see that goes well for the entire country.
“I think we have all said it. It is something we must fight.
There is no way you can build a society without fighting
corruption.
“I have always said that my own strong will is that as we fight
it, we must fight it in ensuring that we strengthen the
institutions and what you see here is part of the process of
strengthening those institutions so that whoever comes here will
know that this is what we must fight if we want to build
institutions.
“I think it (project) has gone through about three executive
chairmen and one did not come in to say this is not my project and
I must not continue. Each one has taken it as his own project. I
think that is good and that is the whole point that is important
and this is something we will be proud of for many years.
“In many years to come, I hope that we don’t have corruption in
an environment like this but for now, I think there are many good
aspects of this. Having a Nigerian that designed this, the details
are very impressive- the clinic and all the facilities- and the
fact that it has gone through three different administration and
the fact that the National Assembly has played its role and brought
it to completion, I think that it is a lot of plus.”
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