Perform a holistic anti-corruption war PDP tells federal government

  Abuja - The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caucus
in the House of Representatives on Wednesday
urged the Federal Government to adopt a holistic
approach in its fight against corruption.
The group made the call in a news conference on
Wednesday in Abuja.
Addressing the conference on behalf of the caucus,
its Spokesman, Rep. Rima Kwewum (Taraba)
stressed that the anti-corruption crusade of the
present administration required probe that was
holistic.
He urged the government to focus on delivering its
mandate to Nigerians and not be preoccupied by
only fight against corruption.
Kwewum, however, expressed support of the
caucus and PDP to the anti-corruption campaign,
but said that the approach should be holistic.
"Probe should not be limited to selected citizens of
the country,’’ he cautioned.
  According to him, in the laws of Nigeria, corruption
is a crime.
"A crime could have been committed ten years ago,
but it is still a crime. Nobody has the power to
decide on his own that a crime committed at a
certain period is no longer a crime.
"A crime at any point as long as it is within our
memory, as long as facts can be brought up, is a
crime.
"This is why we are saying as a party that the fight
against corruption should not have any limitation
about what has happened as to time,’’ he said.
He also urged the government to ensure that
perpetrators of corrupt practices were duly
prosecuted.
"How can you come and say that you are not going
to prosecute people because you have arbitrarily
drawn a line without an amendment to the
Constitution; because the Constitution has not given
status of limitation.
"Any criminal activity is a criminal activity until it is
investigated and its perpetrators are penalized,’’
Kwewum said.

Custom chief resigns in the fear or anti corruption war ..la la la

  President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the
resignation of the Comptroller-General of the
Nigeria Customs Service, Alhaji Dikko Abdullahi.
With the acceptance, Abdullahi is expected to
proceed on voluntary retirement from Tuesday
(today).
He had earlier written a letter dated August 3 to the
President in which he notified Buhari of his desire to
proceed on voluntary retirement from Tuesday.
Buhari’s approval of Abdullahi’s request was dated
August 14 and personally signed by the President.
He thanked the NCS boss for his services to the
country in the last six years.
The President’s letter was titled, “Voluntary
retirement from the Nigeria Customs Service.”
The approval read, “Dear, Alhaji D.I. Abdullahi. I
write to acknowledge the receipt of your letter Ref.
No. NCS/ADM/HQ/P. 35802 of 3rd August, 2015
conveying your decision to voluntarily retire from
the Nigeria Customs Service with effect from
Tuesday, August 18, 2015.
“I note with appreciation your services to this nation,
especially as the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria
Customs Service in the last six years.
“Accordingly, I hereby approve your voluntary
retirement from the Nigeria Customs Service with
effect from 18th of August, 2015.
“I wish you the very best in your future endeavours.
“Yours sincerely, Muhammadu Buhari.”
Abdullahi had in his letter to the President thanked
him for the confidence and trust reposed on him
since he (Buhari) was inaugurated on May 29.
He said by August 18, he would be six years in office
as the Comptroller-General of the NCS.
He recalled that on assumption of office, he
articulated a six-point agenda which he vigorously
pursued.
He said the agenda had positively impacted on the
efficiency and performance of officers of the service
and had drastically changed the negative perception
of the service.
He listed the six-point agenda to include capacity
building, introduction of e-Customs, enhancing
productivity through improved welfare package,
moral rebirth for discipline and integrity in service,
collaboration and partnering stakeholders and
international organisations, as well as fostering
understanding of the Service in the eye of the
general public using an intensified and a well-
coordinated public relations platform.
He added that the decision to resign “is taken with a
view to allowing young people to take over the
mantle of leadership of the service in order to
sustain and improve on my legacy.”
The President has yet to name Abdullahi’s successor
at the time of filing this report.
Speaking with State House correspondents shortly
after paying a farewell visit to President Buhari at the
Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday, Abdullahi said
he had nothing to fear about the ongoing
investigation of revenue-earning agencies being
conducted by the Federal Government.
Abdullahi said revenue appreciated under his watch
by 20 per cent.
He said, “The only way the NCS can move forward is
by sacrifice; to give chance to others so that they can
continue with the legacy that we have up in place.
“Revenue appreciated by 20 per cent from when I
took over and the officers that did the work are still
around and I think that the NCS, I stand to be
corrected, is the only service that is fully automated
in the system of operation.
“We have no fear. The time I’m leaving is the time I
feel those young ones that have developed the
software can manage the software.

• “So, that is basically the reason.”