BEVERLY HILLS, January 27, (THEWILL) – Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has stirred a gender controversy about corruption as he declared that corrupt tendencies are more pronounced among males than females.
Magu made the statement when the executive committee of the National Council of Women Society (NCWS), paid him a courtesy visit on Friday, in Abuja.
Magu described women as nation builders, stressing that their roles in ensuring the right societal values could never be over-emphasised as he called for collaboration between the commission and NCWS in the fight against corruption.
He further disclosed that the Lagos zone of the “Women Against Corruption” would be launched on Feb. 22, 2016 to enlist the support of females in the battle to rid Nigeria of corruption.
“Looking at the number of people that have been apprehended by the commission, the men involved outnumbers the women,” Magu said
He said, however, that women were not pure or immune to greed, but that were only less corrupt.
He explained that the commission had never undermined the rule of law in its anti-graft fight, revealing that the EFCC was working hard to put an end to political corruption.
“We respect the independence of the judiciary and auditing bodies in our efforts to ensure that the corrupt are prosecuted, while stolen assets are returned,” he said.
Earlier, Dr. Gloria Shoda, President, NCWS, had said that achieving developmental goals would only be possible when resources in public trusts were properly utilized.
“Such misuse of resources has always been the problem in the country,” she declared.
Shoda commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s consistency in the fight against corruption, saying that it had raised the benchmark in public service.
She added that the EFCC had proved effective in government’s bid to arrest the tide, and expressed readiness to partner with the President and EFCC toward restoring Nigeria to the path of dignity and glory.
“We want a Nigeria where our agricultural sector is functional and ranked among the best in the world, not just for the sake of economic diversification,” she said.
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