Presidential committee tasks Nigerians on fight against corruption

News Agency Of Nigeria 14:21 - 07 May 2019

Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Professor Itse Sagay

The Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) has called on the Nigerians to join hands in the fight against corruption for the development of the country.

Prof. Sadiq Radda, Executive Secretary of the committee made the call at a public education/citizen enlightenment exercise on Tuesday in Gombe, titled “Value Re-Orientation and the Fight Against Corruption”.

He said that the fight against corruption was not only the business of government, but all and sundry.

According to him, 60 per cent of the nation’s resources is being allocated to States and Local Governments.

He added that from June 2019, States and Local Governments would no longer share joint accounts as the third time tier would receive their funds directly from the Federation Account.

Radda said that with such development, there was need for everybody to ensure that the resources were being judiciously utilised.

In her remarks, Mrs Adaline Patari, Acting Director, National Orientation Agency (NOA) assured that the agency would take the anti-corruption campaign down to the grassroots.

She called on the participants to also contribute their quota by passing the message to others.