Aishat Buhari joins to fight against corruption together with EFCC

The wife of the president of Nigeria, Aishat Buhari to partner with EFCC to fight against the on going corruption in Nigeria through an anti-corruption group called Women Against Corruption
(WAC)


The programme which is tagged: Nigerian Women Against Corruption, (WAC), was initiated based on the significant role of women in the family and in the society at large, leadership reports.

 According to the EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said the programme is scheduled to be flagged off by the wife of the president, Mrs Buhari, in Abuja at the International Conference Centre, on December 7, 2016.

 “WAC is aimed at getting the women to buy into the corruption
fight and to raise the consciousness of the consequences of
corruption in the minds of their household in particular and also
to create awareness of the evil of corruption in the larger
society.

  “Significantly, the WAC programme is coming up on December
7, 48 hours before the internationally celebrated anti-corruption
day which is Friday, December 9, 2016. The crusade will later
be taken to the grass-root through the state and the local
governments across the country, ” the EFCC said.

  Uwujaren noted that the acting chairman of the EFCC,
Ibrahim Magu has endorsed programme on the basis that
the women engagement will enhance the fight against
corruption.

  Magu said women will thereafter help to act as watch dogs,
foot soldiers and whistle blowers against corruption and to
drive the regime of probity and accountability.

  “ A woman who has the ability to build a home can as well tame
the corruption monster.” Magu noted.

  Meanwhile, popular human rights lawyer, Femi Falana
(SAN), has stated that the much touted anti-corruption fight
of President Muhammadu Buhari has been a failure.
According to The Authority, Falana made the comment
while speaking at the 4th Convocation Lecture of Oduduwa
University, in Ile Ife Osun state.