Anti-graft: Seek divine intervention, clerics tell EFCC

Clerics from different faiths in Kano have advised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to complement its ongoing efforts in the fight against corruption with prayers to seek divine intervention on the lingering corruption menace.

This was disclosed during a meeting with clerics from different faiths in the state.

According to Sheikh Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa, though the commission has been doing a great job, there is the need for all religious leaders to lend their support in the fight against corruption.

Similarly, the chairman Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Kano branch Reverend Adeyemo A. Samuel stated that, it is a duty bound on all religious leaders to join the crusade of the fight against corruption in the country through prayers.

Speaking with newsmen, the EFCC acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu, said the commission had begun a campaign that seeks collaboration with various religious leaders across different faiths in the fight against corruption.

According to him, the fight against corruption is not only a fight for the commission but a fight that needs a holistic approach in tackling it.

He added that the religious leaders have a very vital role to play in curtailing the menace.

“Religious leaders have a very critical role to play in the fight and that is why we are now involving them to see how we can work together with an effective workable plan to arrive at a desire destination of a minimal corruption level.  The meeting we have held has produced a committee that will seat and come-up with a work plan that will ensure reduction of corruption,” he said.