One of the foremost anti-corruption organisation in Nigeria, the Human and Environmental Development Agency (HEDA), in sync with other corruption monitoring societies, has called plans to install an interim government in the country as unconstitutional.
In its last summit in Lagos, it dissected the Buhari-led regime’s corruption-free record and urged stakeholders to proffer lasting solutions for the coming government.
The summit had in attendance other organisations such as the MacArthur Foundation and Open Society Initiative for West Africa, as well as anti-corruption agencies and media groups for the assessment.
HEDA also said that the recent move to remove the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, is a threat and political plot to sabotage the interest of the Commission in its campaign against corruption in the country.
It, therefore, urged stakeholders to wade off such threats in the coming administration for a prosperous Nigeria.
Olanrewaju Suraju, the Chairman of HEDA Resources Centre, in his statement, urged all participants and others to be vigilant and ready to work against any agenda to disrupt the country’s peaceful democracy, noting that Nigeria can only survive its current challenging situation by maintaining peaceful and democratic processes.
Mr Olanrewaju also called on the incoming government to consider a crusade against corruption as its priority and finally challenged the Code of Conduct Bureau to ensure unbiased scrutiny of assets of political officeholders in the outgoing administration before they leave office.
