Corruption Has Dwarfed, Tainted Africa’s Growth –Buhari

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President Muhammadu Buhari in New York at the weekend urged African leaders to fight tirelessly to get rid of corruption, lamenting that the continent has

‘’Corruption has dwarfed our growth and tainted our nations and continent. Africa remains at the far end of development index and concerted efforts made in the last few years need to be sustained, deepened by good governance and accountability that are guided by the rule of law.‘’I have strong faith that Africa and our national governments can do this with strong resolve and commitment to eliminating illicit financial flows.

The president urged his colleagues to recall the United Nations General Assembly Special Session Against Corruption political declaration of June 2021 and ensure its effective implementation toward global food security and sustainable infrastructural development in the continent. He expressed delight that the implementation of such programmes has resulted in a significant decline in the country’s large food import bill, from $2.2billion Dollars in 2014 to $5.9million dollars at the end of 2018.Also, President Buhari has said with the renewed efforts of the Nigerian military, insecurity in Nigeria would soon be a thing of the past.

He assured his guest that Nigeria would continue to do its best to sustain the relationship with Ireland if not improve on it, especially on the level of education, knowing that many Nigerians are doing well in Ireland, schooling and working there. He added that Europe and the world now need to look elsewhere for sources of energy as the war in Ukraine has highlighted.

 

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