Who is mallam nuhu ribadu

Why security votes must stop, by Ribadu. Fomer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC , Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has listed ways government could checkmate corruption, even as he called for scraping of security votes for elected officials.

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Despite his past endeavors, he did not gain much support in the election and lost by a large margin, coming in third place. However, nobody is perfect: there is some evidence to suggest that Ribadu, too, was partial to fraudulent behavior in the past. In , he published a list of over a hundred corrupt candidates for whom, he urged, should not have the privilege of being considered for office.

The president at the time, Olusegun Obasanjo, was not on the list; neither were any the people close to him. He would also rebuff attempts to take him to the front except when he encounters an adamant host, or has a pre-defined role to play at the occasion. Many friends and associates refer to him fondly by his initials, NR. Mallam Ribadu is someone who can stand for friends through thick and thin. He is also so well meaning that it takes him a long time to lose trust in anybody.

I was there one day when a top banker, in the course of conversation, narrated how they had allegedly bribed one of his then top lieutenants at the EFCC to secure the release of a bank executive. Mallam was jolted. When he was told, in the heat of the campaign for the Adamawa Government House in , that the same man was working hard to undermine him by actively supporting his opponent, he again hotly rebuffed the suggestion, despite the credibility of the information.

He hardly goes to anybody knocking at doors. This legendary sense of contentment earns him respect and admiration. Yes, this man is no saint. In my years with him, this was the most discomforting period I have noticed for him. Joining the PDP was a bitter decision personally and was largely at the instance of close friends who genuinely meant well. Expectedly that decision brought dent to his otherwise distinguished image.

But contrary to perceptions in some quarters, the cross-carpeting was no miscalculation, politically. It was a good political decision which however went awry with rapid changes in the polity.

His self-effacing conduct often offends people. He chooses, for example, to maintain dignified distance from friends in high places or get involved into just anything happening to remain relevant, as is the practice among the political elite. This is not funny for many. He is almost always difficult to get on the phone—he distastes the device.

As you celebrate your diamond jubilee, we pray that Nigeria, the birth year mate you intensely love, is blessed with many more of such disciplined, dedicated, passionate and patriotic citizens like you.

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