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Cameroon and Nigeria collaborate to fight corruption

- Cameroon and Nigeria have begun seeking ways to collaborate to fight corruption in both countries

- Officials of both countries met in Yaounde to lay down the guidelines for the collaboration

- CONAC chair, Dieudonne Gams said corruption is not a problem of one country but all countries in Africa

Cameroon and Nigeria have begun seeking ways to collaborate to fight corruption in both countries, according to officials of Cameroon’s anti-graft body on Wednesday, January 16.

Officials of National Anti-Corruption Commission (CONAC) and Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), met in the capital Yaounde on Wednesday to lay down the guidelines for the collaboration.

“Our coming here is to canvass for greater understanding in terms of relationship, exchange of ideas and information,” Mohammed Umar, EFCC’s Director of Operations, said.

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“Corruption is not a problem of one country but all countries in Africa and we appreciate the cooperation between Cameroon and Nigeria,” CONAC chair, Dieudonne Gams said.

Transfer of illicit funds within Cameroon-Nigeria borders is on the rise and there is an urgent need to track down the funds and arrests offenders, the officials said.

“The joint operations can help us to recover lot of looted funds.” Umar said.

The collaboration is the first of its kind between the two countries.

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In a previous report by Legit.ng, the United States says the failure of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to implement laws against corruption has led to the perpetration of such practices.

The country made the remarks in its 2017 Human Rights Report. The US said numerous cases of corruption were evident across all levels of government.

It added that “impunity remained widespread at all levels of government,” even though the government had taken steps to investigate alleged human abuses.

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