The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, on Tuesday said the Federal Government will build human and material capacity to boost the fight against corruption.
He spoke at a two-day national conference on anti-corruption, organised by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA).
Ribadu, represented by the Special Adviser (Legal) in the office of the NSA, Mr Anthony Oluborode, said the government would reform the civil service to equip it to fight corruption, reduce bureaucracy, reduce inefficiency and waste.
He said: “There is a need to build the capacity of investigators to enhance the use of world-class flexible, tried and tested templates, which the government is committed to.
“However, we will continue the process of weeding out ghost workers as well as ghost project expenditures from the system.”
Ribadu stressed the imperative of public accountability, adding that authority and discretion without accountability could easily lead to corruption.
