Former Economic and Financial Crime Commission,EFCC, Chairman, Mrs Waziri said her life was under “fierce attacks, slander, blackmail and threats” while she try to end oil money induced corruption in the country.
she said she is happy that a new leader who is an anti-corruption czar is in charge of the country affairs.
This was disclosed by her media aid Mr Ade William,in a statement on what she said at the Benue State university during the inauguration of World Bank’s Africa Centre of Excellence Project, Centre for Food Technology and Research.
She urge for diversification of the economy from oil to Agricultural productivity,that long years of over dependence on oil revenue has fuel the corrupt trend in the Country.
She said, “No doubt, our over-dependence on oil revenue has brought us to the point where we are as a nation today. As an anti-corruption czar, I have seen how some of those the nation entrusted with its oil resources in the past helped themselves more than the country.
“With our focus on agriculture, the struggle by political office holders to steal oil fund would diminish while the national wealth will be in the hands of the people instead of a privileged greedy few. We cannot all dig oil wells in our backyard but we can all farm in our backyards. It is time to end oil-money induced corruption in our land by buying into President Buhari’s vision and take ownership.
“I have made my contributions in the fight to discourage that and even recovered some of the looted funds in billions of dollars. For daring to do that, I came under fierce attacks, slander, blackmail and threats but by God’s grace and long years of experience, I survived all. I am glad today that indeed, there is a new sheriff in town.”
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