The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released a statement saying that President Muhammadu Buhari, will on June 11, 2019, declare open the National Democracy Day Anti-corruption Summit, organised in Abuja by the Anti-Graft Agency, in collaboration with the Presidential Inauguration Planning Committee.
The Anti-Corruption summit will hold at the Congress Hall of the Transcorp Hilton Hotel Abuja by 11 am.
According to the statement, the Anti-corruption summit themed will be: “Curbing Electoral Spending: A panacea to Public Corruption”
President Buhari will feature alongside the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame; Ghana’s Nana Akufo-Addo; Liberia’s George Weah, and, Macky Sall of Senegal. The Nigerian president and his African counterparts would at the occasion further lend their voices against corruption.
The occasion will also feature a paper presentation on the “Use of Public Funds in Election Litigation and the Integrity of the Judiciary” by retired Justice Ayo Salami, OFR, who embodies brilliance and judicial best practices. Other paper presenters are: Kagame, who will speak on “Electoral Spending, Voter Inducement and Public Corruption: an African Overview”; Professor Attahiru Jega, former Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC will be speaking on “Curbing Electoral Spending and Voter Inducement in Nigeria: The Role of Regulatory and Law Enforcement Agencies”, while Prof. Patrice LO Lumumba will offer a“Review of Anti-corruption Strategy in Africa and the Way Forward.”