President Buhari reveals how criminals cheat the system

By Per Second News Last updated Jul 21, 2019

PRESIDENT BUHARI DECLARES OPEN TWO-DAY CISSA CONFERENCE 1A&B. President Muhammadu Buhari Addresses the Participants during the official opening of the CISSA Conference held at the NIA Headquarter Thursday in Abuja. PHOTO; SUNDAY AGHAEZE. JULY 18 2019.

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja revealed how criminals cheat the system through various practices.

“Criminals and their collaborators cheat the system through various practices, including trade mis-pricing, trade mis-invoicing, tax abuse and evasion, as well as money laundering, he said in a keynote address at the opening session of the 16th Conference of the Committee of Intelligence and Security Services of Africa (CISSA).

” Several unfair commercial agreements and illegal resource extraction by multinational companies, in cahoots with their local collaborators, also create routes for illicit financial outflows.

. President Muhammadu Buhari (M) flanked by The Incoming Chairperson of Committee of the Intelligence and Security Services of Africa (CISSA) and Director General of National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Amb Ahmed Rufai Abubakar. Others are the Outgoing Chairperson of Committee of the Intelligence and Security Services of Africa (CISSA) Mr Benedict Likando, Chief of Defence Intelligence, Air Vice Marshall Mohammed Saliu Usman, Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, National Security Adviser to the President Major General Babagana Monguno, Permanent Secretary Cabinet Office, Dr. (Mrs.) Habiba Muda Lawal, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Alhaji Suleiman Mustapha and other African Directors of Intelligence Agency after the official opening of the CISSA Conference held at the NIA Headquarter Thursday in Abuja. PHOTO; SUNDAY AGHAEZE. JULY 18 2019.

Buhari also noted that “any evasion of rules and regulations in ways that aid corruption in its various manifestations, including illicit financial outflows, must be vigorously fought and defeated.’’

According to him, “My role as African Union’s Anti-Corruption Champion brought me closer to appreciating more the devastating impact of corruption and illicit financial outflows on our continent.

“I am, therefore, pleased that this conference will boost the sense of urgency that we collectively have about this devastation and raise our response capacity at operational levels. In Nigeria, we have risen to the challenge. The fight against corruption remains at the core of our efforts to accelerate national development. We have recorded successes even though the perpetrators are not giving up and are trying to fight back.’’

He called on security agencies in Africa, especially the intelligence community, to tighten the loop against illicit financial flows, attributing rising security challenges to sponsorship by those who profit from illegal financial activities.

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