Monday 10 August 2015

Sagay to head of advisory committee on war against corruption

A prominent professor of Law and Civil Rights Activist, Itse Sagay, has been appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari ro head the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption.
According to the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, is to advise the administration on prosecution against war on corruption and the implementation of reforms in the Nigeria's criminal justice system.
The other members of the reform committee includes...


i) Prof. Femi Odekunle
Professor of Criminology, Ahmadu Bello University
– Member
(ii) Dr. (Mrs) Benedicta Daudu
Associate Professor of International Law, University of Jos
– Member
(iii) Prof. E. Alemika
Professor of Sociology, University of Jos
– Member
(iv) Professor Sadiq Radda
Professor of Criminology, Bayero University, Kano
– Member
(v) Hadiza Bala Usman
Civil Society Activist
– Member
(vi) Professor Bolaji Owasanoye

Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
Member/Executive Secretary of the Committee
In support of the Federal Government’s efforts, an Anti-Corruption and Criminal Justice Reform Fund has been established by three international development partners namely the Ford Foundation, MacArthur Foundation and Open Society Foundation.

The $5 million fund is to assist implementation of key components of the Action Plan and the work of the Presidential Advisory Committee.
The fund will be managed by Trust Africa, an international development Civil Society Organisation with programme presence in more than 25 African countries.

Femi Adeshina
Special Adviser to the president
(media&publicity) 

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