President Muhammadu Buhari has described corruption as an existential threat to all nations.
Buhari in a statement by presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, spoke on Thursday when the management of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, led by its Chairman, Danladi Umar, visited him at the State House, Abuja.
Buhari expressed hope that successive governments will continue with the war against corruption which his administration “laid the foundation.”
The President described the CCT as “an important tool in our fight against corruption over the last seven years”.
He said the CCT “which is in the trenches, are relied upon to demonstrate that the government means what it says and remains committed against corruption in all its forms.
“It is our hope that the foundation which has been laid by this administration will be carried forward and continued, as the issue of corruption remains an existential threat to all nations.”
Buhari said the CCT and similar agencies are “in the midst of very challenging economic and revenue shortages”, promising that innovative and new models of financing important agencies would be put in place.
Umar in his remarks commended the Buhari administration for the impact it has made in the area of infrastructural development, agriculture, and provision of social services, among others.
He said the CCT is hampered by funding challenges, and poor staffing, and appealed for intervention.