Afimag.com –
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has called on stakeholders and members of the public to join in the fight against vote trading.
Bawa made the call on December 09, 2022, during a ceremony to mark the 2022 International Anti-corruption Day held at Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja.
The EFCC Boss who was represented by the commission’s Director of Operations, Abdulkarim Chukkol, noted that the political recruitment process was crucial to the consolidation of the fight against corruption in Nigeria.
Chukkol said; “The tragedy of recent elections in Nigeria is the demon of votes trading. Both the political class who offer money and the voters who sell their votes for pittance are guilty. The consequence for the latter category is harsh.
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“When electorates sell their votes, they lose the moral high ground to ask for accountable leadership. A candidate who pays his way into power or gets into office via the influence of a godfather, is least expected to be accountable to the people.”
On 2019, Osun and Ekiti States governorship elections, Chukkol said the Commission was highly committed to reducing and eliminating use of money to manipulate the electoral process.
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Hear him: “Suffice to say that the world truly owes this organ a debt of commendation. And how best to do this than rededicating and recommitting ourselves to the implementation of all the recommendations of this important anti- corruption organ.”
The ceremony was attended by heads and representatives of anti-corruption agencies including the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, Dr Ogbonaya Orji.
