President Muhammadu Buhari, will on June 11, 2019 declare open the

National Democracy Day Anti-corruption Summit, organised in Abuja by

the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in collaboration

with the Presidential Inauguration Planning Committee.

The summit themed “Curbing Electoral Spending: A panacea to Public

Corruption” will hold at the Congress Hall, Transcorp Hilton, Abuja

from 11 am.

President Buhari will feature alongside the President of Rwanda, Paul

Kagame; Ghana’s Nana Akufo-Addo; Liberia’s George Weah, and, Macky

Sall of Senegal. The Nigerian president and his African counterparts

would at the occasion further lend their voices against corruption.

The occasion will also feature paper presentation on the “Use of

Public Funds in Election Litigation and the Integrity of the

Judiciary” by retired Justice Ayo Salami, OFR, who embodies brilliance

and judicial best practices. Other paper presenters are: Kagame, who

will speak on “Electoral Spending, Voter Inducement and Public

Corruption: an African Overview”; Professor Attahiru Jega, former

Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), will be

speaking on “Curbing Electoral Spending and Voter Inducement in

Nigeria: The Role of Regulatory and Law Enforcement Agencies”, while

Prof. Patrice LO Lumumba will offer a “Review of Anti-corruption

Strategy in Africa and the Way Forward”.

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