Read What Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari Told United Nations General Assembly And Compare It With What Is Happening In His Own Government!

Warning that corruption undermines achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari took the podium of the United Nations General Assembly yesterday to call on all countries to sign up to the UN Convention against Corruption  (UNCAC).

“The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) underscore the imperative for our collective will towards finding enduring and sustainable solutions to addressing global disparities,” he told the Assembly’s annual General Debate on its opening day, referring to the 2030 Agenda that seeks to eliminate poverty, hunger and a host of social ills within the next 14 years.

“Corruption freezes development, thereby undermining the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals,” he said, citing his own Government’s efforts to combat the scourge, including the significant recovery of stolen assets which are then channeled towards the development of critical infrastructure and the implementation of social inclusion programmes.

Asset restitution is a major plank in the UNCAC, adopted 13 years ago and the only legally binding universal anti-corruption instrument. It now has 179 States Parties out of a UN membership of 193 countries.

“Nigeria will continue to advocate for the facilitation of the recovery of illicit financial assets,” Mr. Buhari said, calling on those States that have yet to sign up to UNCAC to do so. Read More Here @ UN.ORG