Afriaca Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged African leaders to ensure the immediate actualization of the Common African Position on Assets Recovery (CAPAR), as the continent celebrates Anti-Corruption Day, July 11, 2020.<\/p>\n
In a letter to South Africa\u2019s President, Cyril Ramaphosa, Chairman of African Union, the Nigerian leader asked for a re-commitment to the anti-corruption war by leaders on the continent to engender an \u201cintegrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens, representing a dynamic force in the international arena.\u201d<\/p>\n
The President laments that \u201cthe massive corruption being perpetrated across Africa\u2019s national governments has created a huge governance deficit that has in turn created negative consequences that worsen the socioeconomic and political situation in Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n
The letter by President Buhari reads in part:<\/p>\n
\u201cAs Your Excellency is aware, the continental fight against corruption has been premised on an irreducible minimum that can pave the way for Africa\u2019s transformation. In this effort, the emphasis has been on the continent\u2019s collective determination to forge resilient partnerships among our national governments, civil society organizations and other interest groups, such as women, youth and the physically challenged, to ensure improved socio-economic, political and security development and ultimately, the improvement of our continent.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe concern of the African Union is that the massive corruption being perpetuated across our national governments has created a huge governance deficit that has in turn created negative consequences that have worsened the socio-economic and political situation in Africa.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour Excellency may recall that these continental concerns led our colleagues at the African Union, to appoint my humble self as the African Union Anti-Corruption Champion. I believe that the efforts and focus of the Nigerian Government at home, partly informed this decision as well as the need for Africa, as a continent, to recommit herself to the fight against corruption and the imperative to free resources for meaningful development.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am, therefore, in full support of the call for the issuance of a continental message to commemorate this day, on July 11, 2020, to re-commit the African Union to the continental fight against corruption, including through a robust approach to assets recovery, hence the need for a strategic framework on a Common African Position on Assets Recovery (CAPAR).<\/p>\n
\u201cHappily, in February 2020, at the 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union in Addis Ababa, CAPAR was adopted. In my view, the African Union must go beyond the mere annual celebration of the Africa Anti-Corruption Day by moving swiftly to operationalize the African Common Position on Assets Recovery by all member states. This is an excellent way to drive Africa\u2019s Agenda 2063, for an \u2018integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens, representing a dynamic force in the international arena.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Afriaca Press-Nigeria: President Muhammadu Buhari has urged African leaders to ensure the immediate actualization of the Common African Position on Assets Recovery (CAPAR), as the continent celebrates Anti-Corruption Day, July 11, 2020. In a letter to South Africa\u2019s President, Cyril Ramaphosa, Chairman of African Union, the Nigerian leader asked for a re-commitment to the anti-corruption […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":26527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[97,556],"class_list":["post-27249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-buhari","tag-south-africa"],"yoast_head":"\n