Buhari speaks on Nuhu Ribadu’s Anti-graft Award

FILE PHOTO: From left: Executive Director, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC), Mr Yury Fedoyov, Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hammad al Thani, Malaysian Prime Minister, Dr Mahathir Mohamad and EFCC Chairman of EFCC, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, after Ribadu was conferred with the lifetime/outstanding anticorruption award by the Rule of Law and Anti-corruption Centre (ROLACC), in Malaysia.

Sat, 8 Dec 2018 17:35:55 WAT

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated a former Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, for winning the Anti-Corruption Lifetime Achievement Award.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ribadu was conferred with the award at an event organised by the prestigious Sheikh Tamin Bin Hamad Al Thani International Anti-Corruption Excellence (ACE) Award 2018, during its third annual ceremony in Malaysia on Friday.

According to a statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Saturday, Buhari rejoiced with the pioneer chairman of the EFCC over the award.

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The president noted that Ribadu, being one of eight recipients from five continents of various categories of the Award, the honour “is a rare privilege and acknowledgment of his fearless fight against corruption in his country”.

He said: “The award to Ribadu affirms our commitment to the campaign against corruption, which is one of the three focal areas of our administration.

“This also means that the world appreciates our determination to stem the negative effects of corruption on the country’s development.’’

He urged the current leadership of the anti-corruption organisations in the country not to be deterred in the face of “corruption fighting back in different forms and shapes”. (NAN)