SAGAY HEADS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON WAR AGAINST CORRUPTION

Poised to firm up his anti-corruption campaign, President Muhammadu Buhari today appointed Itse Sagay as Chairman of a Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption. Prof. Sagay is a prominent professor of law and civil rights activist.



Prof. Itse Sagay

In a statement issued today by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the Committee's brief is to advise the present administration on the prosecution of the war against corruption and the implementation of required reforms in Nigeria's criminal justice system.

 

 

Other members of the Committee which is also expected to develop comprehensive interventions for achieving recommended reforms are Femi Odekunle, Professor of Criminology, Ahmadu Bello University, Benedicta Daudu, Associate Professor of International Law, University of Jos, Emily Etannibi  Alemika, Professor of Sociology, University of Jos, Sadiq Radda, Professor of Criminology, Bayero University, Kano, Hadiza Bala Usman, Civil Society Activist, Bolaji Owasanoye, Research Professor and Head, Department of Commercial and Property Law, Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, who will serve as Executive Secretary of the Committee.

In support of the Federal Government’s efforts, an Anti-Corruption and Criminal Justice Reform Fund has been established by three international development partners namely the Ford Foundation, MacArthur Foundation and Open Society Foundation.

Prof. Emily Etannibi  Alemika

The $5 million fund is to assist implementation of key components of the Action Plan and the work of the Presidential Advisory Committee. The fund will be managed by Trust Africa, an international development Civil Society Organisation with programme presence in more than 25 African countries.

 

Prof.Femi Odekunle

Hadiza Bala Usman