Buhari to open EFCC’S anti-corruption summit

President Muhammadu Buhari will on June 11 declare open the National Democracy Day Anti-corruption Summit organised by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in collaboration with the Presidential Inauguration Planning Committee in Abuja.

The Summit with the theme Curbing Electoral Spending: A panacea to Public Corruption will hold at the Congress Hall, Transcorp Hilton, Abuja.

The President will feature alongside the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame; Ghana’s Nana Akufo-Addo; Liberia’s George Weah, and, Macky Sall of Senegal. The President and his African counterparts would at the occasion further lend their voices against corruption.

The occasion will also feature paper presentation on the Use of Public Funds in Election Litigation and the Integrity of the Judiciary by retired Justice Ayo Salami.

Other paper presenters are Kagame, who will speak on Electoral Spending, Voter Inducement and Public Corruption: an African Overview; former Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, will deliver a keynote on Curbing Electoral Spending and Voter Inducement in Nigeria: The Role of Regulatory and Law Enforcement Agencies, while Prof. Patrice Lumumba will deliver a paper on Review of Anti-corruption Strategy in Africa and the Way Forward.