The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,
is collaborating with the office of the wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, to engage
Nigerian women in a nation – wide sustainable fight against corruption.
The programme which is tagged: Nigerian
Women Against Corruption, WAC, was initiated based on the significant
role of women in the family and in the society at large.
The programme is scheduled to be flagged off
by the wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, in Abuja at the International Conference Centre,
on December 7, 2016.
WAC
is aimed at getting the women to buy into the corruption fight and to raise the
consciousness of the consequences of corruption in the minds of their household
in particular and also to create awareness of the evil of corruption in the
larger society.
Acting Chairman, EFCC, Ibrahim
Magu said the women engagement will help develop a comprehensive women-based
programme of engagement that will enhance the fight against corruption.
He said women will thereafter help to act as watch dogs, foot soldiers
and whistle blowers against corruption and to drive the regime of probity and
accountability.
While speaking on the significance and why women
need to buy into the corruption fight Magu said: “a woman who has the ability
to build a home can as well tame the corruption monster”. While quoting the
words of Diana Marriechild, he said “a woman is a full circle; within her is
the power to create, nurture and transform”.
Significantly, the WAC programme is coming up on
December 7, 48 hours before the internationally celebrated anti-corruption day
which is Friday, December 9, 2016. The crusade will later be taken to the
grass-root through the state and the local governments across the country.
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