{"id":149596,"date":"2015-09-07T19:56:52","date_gmt":"2015-09-07T19:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=149596"},"modified":"2015-09-07T19:56:52","modified_gmt":"2015-09-07T19:56:52","slug":"ghana-nigeria-to-strengthen-anti-graft-agencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=149596","title":{"rendered":"Ghana, Nigeria to strengthen anti-graft agencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ghana and Nigeria has agreed to enhance mutual corporation in the fight against corruption by encouraging healthy collaboration between anti-graft institutions in the two countries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">President John Mahama disclosed this to the media in Accra on Monday after a closed door meeting with Nigeria\u2019s President, Muhumadu Buhari who was on a one day working visit to Ghana.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nigeria\u2019s President, Muhumadu Buhari is waging war against corruption in his country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/mahama-meets-buhari-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-149638 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/mahama-meets-buhari-1.jpg\" alt=\"mahama meets buhari (1)\" width=\"640\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/mahama-meets-buhari-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/mahama-meets-buhari-1-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Buhari has announced that he is establishing special courts to try corruption-related cases as part of the efforts to fight graft in the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Mahama addressing the media said: \u201cwe\u2019ve also agreed as two brotherly nations to encourage closer corporation between the intelligence and anti-graft institutions of our two nations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/mahama-meets-buhari-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-149640 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/mahama-meets-buhari-3.jpg\" alt=\"mahama meets buhari (3)\" width=\"640\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/mahama-meets-buhari-3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/mahama-meets-buhari-3-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Fight against Boko Haram<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also commended his Nigerian counterpart for putting in measures to fight the militant Boko Haram group from that part of the West African sub region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cPresident Buhari has also worked commendably to actively pursue the initiative to rope in all the member states of the Lake Chad basin commission and Benin in the fight against Boko Haram. This is enhancing the work of the multinational joint task force set up following the approval of the African Union and on the recommendation of the ECOWAS heads of states and governments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/mahama-meets-buhari-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-149641 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/mahama-meets-buhari-4.jpg\" alt=\"mahama meets buhari (4)\" width=\"640\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/mahama-meets-buhari-4.jpg 640w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/mahama-meets-buhari-4-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ECOWAS common tariff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Mahama again lauded his Buhari for implementing the ECOWAS common external tariff saying \u201cit is very commendable and an exemplary step.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI look forward for Ghana\u2019s parliamentary approval so that we can also begin implementation soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cOther issues that have engaged our attention includes the economic partnership agreement and the new sustainable development goals which will be launched this month on the sidelines of the UNGA. Africa\u2019s position on climate change sharing of ideas on the energy sector and the current power challenges and how we can work together to ensure energy security for our two people,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Godwin A. 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