{"id":6642,"date":"2018-01-27T09:44:24","date_gmt":"2018-01-27T16:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?p=6642"},"modified":"2018-01-27T09:44:24","modified_gmt":"2018-01-27T16:44:24","slug":"buhari-extends-anti-graft-war-africa-wide-au-headquarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/buhari-extends-anti-graft-war-africa-wide-au-headquarters\/","title":{"rendered":"Buhari extends anti-graft war to Africa wide at AU Headquarters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6643 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Buhari-AU-504x276.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Buhari-AU-504x276.jpg 504w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Buhari-AU-504x276-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Buhari-AU-504x276-100x55.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/>L-R: President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria and President Jacob Zuma of South Africa<\/p>\n<p>JANUARY 27, 2018: \u00a0PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari to flag off Africa\u2019s anti-corruption war on Monday January 28, 2018 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p>This was made known by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu while addressing journalists in Addis Ababa on Friday night after Buhari arrived for the 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union.<\/p>\n<p>The presidential spokesman said at the unveiling ceremony, the president would set the tone for the African continent\u2019s anti-graft war.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, President Buhari was well prepared for the AU summit which has as its theme, \u201cWinning the Fight against Corruption: A Sustainable Path to Africa\u2019s Transformation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He explained that \u201cThe theme for this year\u2019s summit is essentially on corruption. The AU has chosen the theme of winning the fight against corruption as a sustainable launch pad for Africa for African transformation.<\/p>\n<p>So, it is important for President Muhammadu Buhari that he has been chosen as the champion for this theme. \u201cWhat that tells you is that the whole continent is looking at the good work that our president is doing, pushing back and fighting corruption effectively. And the rest of the continent will say, let\u2019s look at what Nigeria is doing and wants to share the Nigerian experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president has come well prepared. He has the role of flagging off the continent\u2019s wide war against corruption. So, he is going to set the tone and as well unveil the logo. So, it is big theme for our country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L-R: President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria and President Jacob Zuma of South Africa JANUARY 27, 2018: \u00a0PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari to flag off Africa\u2019s anti-corruption war on Monday January 28, 2018 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This was made known by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu while addressing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,49],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Buhari extends anti-graft war to Africa wide at AU Headquarters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Buhari extends anti-graft war to Africa wide at AU Headquarters\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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