We Must Tackel Corruption Together, President Buhari Tells Iinternational Community

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in London urged the international community to urgently create anti-corruption infrastructure and a strategic action plan to facilitate the speedy recovery and repatriation of stolen funds hidden in secret bank accounts abroad.

According to Femi Adesina whoo is the Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, speaking at the opening of the Anti-Corruption Summit hosted by Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain, President Buhari said that new measures against corruption that will be adopted by the summit should also include mechanisms that will assist countries like Nigeria to combat illegal activities such as crude oil theft to which, he said, Nigeria loses about $7 Billion annually.

LONDON ANTI-CORRUPTION SUMMIT: PRESIDENT BUHARI TO SEEK GREATER INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGAINST CORRUPT PUBLIC OFFICIALS

Muhammadu Buhari

Nigerian President, Mr. Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 travel to London to participate in the international Anti-Corruption Summit which will be held in the British capital on Thursday, May 12, 2016.

As an internationally recognised leader in the global fight against corruption, President Buhari will play a prominent part in the summit which will be hosted by Prime Minister David Cameron of Great Britain with many other Heads of State and Government in attendance.

President Buhari will, ahead of the summit's opening, deliver a keynote address titled: "Why We Must Tackle Corruption Together" at a pre-summit conference of development partners, the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council, Transparency International and other civil society groups on Wednesday, May 11, 2016.