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The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr. Abubakar Malami SAN, Professor Itse Sagay SAN Chairman Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption, and Femi Falana SAN were among those who attended the maiden Strategic Dialogue on Improving Anticorruption Institutions in Nigeria being organized by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) in collaboration with the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).
The event which took place yesterday, Wednesday February 22, 2017 at the Westown Hotels, Jummy Hall, Sheraton Opebi Link Road, had as its theme, “Combating Corruption and Impunity: The Imperatives of Improving the Effectiveness of Anti-Corruption Institutions and the Justice System in Nigeria.”
Discussions at the roundtable focused on creating a key programme agenda for among others prosecuting high-level public officials for corruption; responding to the tactics of suspected corrupt officials to delay and frustrate corruption cases against them; improving the independence and freedom of action of anti-corruption institutions, and empowering and mobilizing the citizens to take ownership of the fight against corruption in the country.
