The Government of Namibia has sought the help of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in its fight against corruption in the country.
The Namibian government said that Nigeria is leading in the fight against corruption in Africa, so it needs to share its remarkable achievements in fighting corruption.
According to a statement cited on the commission’s website on Saturday, October 12, the partnership is aimed at “exploring training opportunities as well as sharing of expertise with personnel of the Namibian Anti-corruption Commission in the fight against corruption.”
The statement noted that the Namibian government made the call on Friday, October 11, when its Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Humphrey Geise, paid a courtesy call to the ICPC’s headquarters, in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city.
According to him, Nigeria occupies an exalted position in the fight against corruption in Africa and such expertise, as Nigeria possesses, needs to be shared with other African countries.
The statement also noted that the Ambassador further revealed that Namibia also had an anti-corruption agency known as the Anti-Corruption Commission of Namibia (ACC) just as he proposed that the commission would love to learn about the success story coming from Nigeria, especially in the recovery of stolen assets by the ICPC and its sister agency, the EFCC.
“The fight against corruption is taking a new dimension in the continent and we believe Nigeria should lead in sharing its expertise in the fight against corruption and we hope it will open its doors to other African countries like Namibia to learn.
“We feel ICPC and the EFCC should be able to go the extra mile to share their remarkable achievements. It’s not good for Namibia to go outside the continent to learn this,” the statement quoted the envoy as saying.
