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<\/p>\nThe congratulatory message is contained in a statement by EFCC\u2019s acting spokesperson, Tony Orilade in Abuja, on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
According to the statement, Magu had worked closely with Ribadu as one of the pioneer staff of the anti-graft agency.<\/p>\n
He described the honour by the Qatar-based Think Tank, Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Centre, as a testament to the formidable work which Ribadu had done in promoting good governance.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is also a testament to his accountability in the conduct of public affairs in Nigeria, Africa and across the world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
While describing the award as a well-deserved one, Magu, said that he was delighted that the world had not forgotten Ribadu\u2019s pioneering efforts in establishing the culture of accountability, especially in Africa.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour trailblasing exploits as pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission was a turning point in smashing the global stereotype of Africa as a corrupt continent.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor us at the EFCC, this award is both a source of personal joy, as it is an affirmation of the work of the agency, which you led between 2003 and 2007.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs well as an inspiration to continue in your footsteps, assured that whatever sacrifices we make today, will not be in vain.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe award was an encouragement that it is profitable to uphold the virtues of integrity at a time that rogue elements in our midst will have the people believe otherwise.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith this honour, we have no doubt that your place in the league of respected icons of anti-corruption is fully cemented,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ibrahim Magu, acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has congratulated the pioneer Chairman of the commission, Nuhu Ribadu, for winning the coveted Global Lifetime Award on Anti-Corruption. The congratulatory message is contained in a statement by EFCC\u2019s acting spokesperson, Tony Orilade in Abuja, on Wednesday. According to the statement, Magu had worked closely […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[1460,5421],"class_list":["post-69358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ibrahim-magu","tag-nuhu-ribadu"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}