Crime

Again, EFCC recovers fresh N200m looted funds for Kwara

Published

5 years ago

on

TRACKING_____Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, yesterday led a marathon anti-corruption walk across downtown Ilorin, with calls on Nigerians, especially young people, to shun graft or activities capable of stunting development. Tagged: ‘Nigerian Youths Walk Against Corruption’, AbdulRazaq was joined in the over two-hour walk by the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Yakubu Danladi; zonal head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Isyaku Sharu. Others were the state’s Coordinator of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), Esther Ikupolati; members of the state’s House of Assembly; hundreds of members of the NYSC; artisans; and civil society organisations.

The walk was one of the EFCC’s public awareness programmes to draw attention to the danger of corruption. AbdulRazaq, who arrived the EFCC office at 7a.m. and joined the walk from the beginning to the end, repeated President Muhammadu Buhari’s refrain that corruption would kill the country if the country fails to kill the cancer that the governor said was responsible for the slow pace of development. He said: “We have been walking the talk, now we are walking in support of the war (against corruption).

The message is very clear: kill corruption or it will kill us all. “We have to do the right thing and be cautious. We have seen what has happened to those that have been in (this) position before us. Nobody wants to live office and be going to EFCC’s office daily. So, we will do the right thing in Kwara State. “We appreciate the EFCC, they had earlier given us over N100 million.

They have invited us (again) to collect another N200 million (recovered looted funds); they have made a lot of progress.” Asked what he thought was the reason for Kwarans always wanting to catch a glimpse of him at every opportunity he moves around, AbdulRazaq said the excitement apparently flows from his investment in projects that have direct impact on the masses such as water, health, education, and roads, as well as his constant identification with the people.

“We remain popular with the people because we have invested and are still investing in projects that really make the difference in their lives. We have restored water after many years. We have invested in basic health care, education, and road and people can tell the difference,” he said.

Advertisement
Related Topics:
Comments

Trending