A Civil Society Organization (CSO) Transparency and Accountability Group (TAG) on Saturday accused Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) of alleged corrupt practices.
In a statement signed by the President of TAG, Ayo Olorun, it said the unabated corruption perpetrated by heads of these organizations is unacceptable, and they must be brought to book by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) to sanitize the system and also recover their loots in the interest of Nigerians.
TAG also noted that the nation’s public service demands holistic overhauling for restructuring and repositioning for greater service delivery and productivity.
TAG, however, called on President Bola Tinubu to sack all heads of parastatals and replace them with credible Nigerians.
The statement reads in part, “We in Transparency and Accountability Group, TAG, are pained with the endemic corruption that has existed in Ministries, Departments, and Agencies, MDAs, over the years, and this current heads of the MDAs are neck-dip in corruption as we are here now.
“The loopholes created by these heads of MDAs to siphon public resources for personal aggrandizement is unacceptable, and they have to be dealt with.
“We call on the Economic and Financial Crisis, EFCC, and Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC, to swing into action and ensure the investigation, arrest, and prosecution of any culprit.
“We also call on President Bola Tinubu to sack all heads of departments and agencies for them to pave the way for the anti-graft agencies to holistically carry out their investigations.”
The group further disclosed that it will embark on a massive protest to ensure the heads and their accomplices in criminal activities at the MDAs are held accountable for their actions by Tinubu.
“We are not just holding a press conference but will match our words with action; therefore, we are set to embark on a massive mobilization for a protest to ensure the heads and their accomplices at the MDAs are investigated and prosecuted.
“We will march to all the MDAs and on the streets of Abuja and Lagos to achieve this sanitization of the MDAs.”
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