US Report: Massive, Pervasive Corruption at All Levels of Govt via thisdaylive
Despite repeated avowals of his commitment to a fight against corruption, the United States Department of State has said there is a climate of impunity in the President Muhammadu Buhari government that allows officials to engage in corrupt practices with a sense of exemption from punishment.
The report stated that the country’s two key anti-corruption agencies, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , had broad powers to prosecute corruption, but rarely applied such powers to conscientiously and logically prosecute corruption cases.
On financial disclosure, the report noted the constitutional requirement under the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act for public officials, including the president, vice president, governors, deputy governors, cabinet ministers, and legislators , to declare their assets to the Code of Conduct Bureau before assuming and after leaving office.
“State and federal panels of inquiry investigating suspicious deaths generally did not make their findings public. It said, “The commission recommended the federal government conduct an independent investigation and prosecute anyone found to have acted unlawfully. It also called for the proscription of the IMN and the monitoring of its members and their activities.
“In October security forces killed 45 IMN members that were participating in processions and protests, according to Amnesty International .”
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