In a bid to wipe out corruption in the region, Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria, has called on member countries of the regional body to, as a matter of necessity, ratify and fully implement the ECOWAS Protocol against Corruption.

President Tinubu represented by his deputy, Vice President Kashim Shettima at the the 6th Annual General Assembly of the Network of National Anti-Corruption Institutions in West Africa (NACIWA) which held at the ECOWAS Secretariat in Abuja on Monday urged ECOWAS member states to take action by implementing the anti-graft protocol, noted that the region’s future hinges on its capacity to build governance structures that are not just transparent, accountable, and efficient.

Our correspondent, Raliat Adenekan reports that the Nigerian leader reaffirmed Nigeria’s unwavering commitment to NACIWA’s success, as well as announced Nigeria’s donation of an office building for the permanent headquarters of NACIWA in the country. 

Earlier, Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, noted that there is an urgent need for regional and global cooperation in the battle against corruption, describing it as a cancer that threatens Africa’s stability and development. 

Ambassador Tuggar also highlighted the alarming scale of financial loss due to corruption, pointing to UN estimates that Africa loses $88.6 billion annually to illicit financial flows—funds that could have been used for essential public services like schools and hospitals.

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