An NGO, Civil Society Legislative Centre (CISLAC) in Nigeria has advocated for efficient implementation of anti-corruption commitments by the government to thrash Nigeria’s economic and financial problem.
This call was made by the CISLAC Executive Director, Mr Auwal
Rafsanjani, during a presentation at a media interaction at the IMF/World Bank
Annual Meeting in Washington D.C. in the US
He said making more commitment regarding implementation of the
said commitments of Nigerian government would tremendously tackle corruption in the nation’s oil industry.
‘’ corruption in the oil and gas sector is exposed in multiple categories , oil theft
and all other forms of sabotage within the trade value chain – fuel subsidy and
other unproductive incentives inclusive.
Auwal Rafsanjani is also the Head of Transparency International
– Nigeria, he stressed sanguinity that putting to action intentional
commitments would definitely crippled the menace corruption in Nigeria,
describing beneficial ownership disclosure and contract transparency as the
most prominent to the citizens
He said corruption had led the country into so many crises a situation
where this revered sector was rather sapping revenue from the government
instead of contributing substantially to fund developmental projects.
“Fighting Corruption has
the capacity to trim down economic sabotaging tools to the brim, it has the tendency
of decreasing the rate of insecurity being the major Nigeria’s case banishing
any iota of progress’’.
Rafsanjani said the easy way out in the financial sector is to make
tax incentive productive and reduce budgetary capacity as well as the squander.
He also advocated for a procurement council which would lessen
the rate of office misuse.
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