Godson Irikefe, Abuja
August 10, 2015 – President Muhammadu Buhari today set up a seven member Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption.
The committee will be funded by Anti-corruption and Criminal Justice Reform Fund of $5 million donated by three international institutions, Ford Foundation, MacArthur Foundation and Open Society Foundation.
The Committee will advise the President on how to go about prosecution of the war against corruption and the implementation of required reforms in Nigeria’s criminal justice system, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, said in a statement.
“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”, the statement said.
The committee is headed by the Constitutional Lawyer, Professor Itse Sagay while Professor Bolaji Owasanoye of the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies is Executive Secretary of the Committee
Other members of the committee are:
(i) Prof. Femi Odekunle, Professor of Criminology, Ahmadu Bello University – Member
(ii) Dr. (Mrs) Benedicta Daudu, Associate Professor of International Law, University of Jos – Member
(iii) Prof. E. Alemika, Professor of Sociology, University of Jos – Member
(iv) Professor Sadiq Radda, Professor of Criminology, Bayero University, Kano -Member
(v) Hadiza Bala Usman, Civil Society Activist – Member
