ALL THE LOOTERS SHOULD BE BANNED FROM POLITICS---MAITAMA SULE

Minister of National Guidance in the Second Republic, Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule, as called on the National Assembly to make laws that would ban public of­ficers convicted of looting public funds from being in any position of authority in the country. He said the ban will serve as a deterrent to some Nigerians in active service across public offices even in politics, saying it would also remind the innocent
people to retrace their steps in any action they take. Sule, in an interview with an online medium on Sunday in Kano, said the ban should be backed by law passed by the National Assembly.

The elder statesman noted that the fear of the Economic and Finan­cial Crimes Commission (EFCC) by public officers was serving as a reference point to many. He commended the anti-graft agency for do­ing well in its areas of re­sponsibilities, but said the biggest challenge for the EFCC is that, “it can inves­tigate but it does not have the power to spend money and utilise it for other pur­poses.” The former Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations also called for a law to enable the government to utilise the recovered looted funds to improve the living stan­dard of Nigerians. He said there was the need to revitalise the edu­cation, agriculture and power sectors in order to give the nation’s moribund industries a new lease of life using the recovered funds.

--> The elder statesman commended President Muhammadu Buhari for tackling insurgency, espe­cially in the North East. “We have to thank God Almighty for the peace that has since been re­stored in the country and we will continue to pray for its sustenance. “No meaningful devel­opment can be achieved in any country without peace and even the ‘most diehard cynics’ know that President Buhari has done well in terms of restora­tion of peace in the coun­try,” he said.

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