ACC officials must submit wealth info from next yr
UNB, Dhaka :
Acting chairman of the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) Dr Md Nasiruddin Ahmed on Friday said all officials of the national anti-graft agency must submit their wealth reports to it from next year.
“We oversee the assets of people, but what is the state of our assets. That’s why we’ve decided to take wealth statement from every ACC officials from 2017,” he told a discussion at Shilpakala Academy
auditorium in the capital. They arranged the discussion marking the International Anti-Corruption Day 2016 which aims to raise united voice against the growing culture of corruption.
Dr Nasiruddin said once the wealth statements of the ACC officials are realised every year, internal control of the agency will be strengthened and transparency will be ensured. As per the national integrity strategy 2012, he said, all government officials should submit their wealth reports to their respective department.
The ACC acting boss said most of the country’s money-laundering incidents are trade-based and the ACC and the National Board of Revenue (NBR) should work together to check it.
He sought technical support from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to check money-laundering, saying checking money-laundering is very important. “Because, once money is siphoned off, it is very difficult to bring it back to the country.” Speaking as the chief guest, former governor of Bangladesh Bank Dr Mohammed Farashuddin said a UNDP statistic shows that about US$ 56.9 billion was siphoned off during 2004-2013. About US$ 9.6 was smuggled out from the country in a single year – 2013, he said, adding it’s a challenge for the ACC and the NBR to prevent money-laundering. About the activities of the Commission, Farashuddin said people want to know how many complaints the ACC receives a year, how many allegations it takes into account, how many cases it files and what is the success rate of the ACC.
ACC commissioner AFM Aminul Islam, UNDP Bangladesh country director Sudipto Mukerjee, ACC secretary Abu M Mustafa Kamal and its director general Dr Shamsul Arefin, among others, spoke at the discussion.
Earlier, the ACC formed a human chain in front of Jatiya Press Club at 9:15 am.
Acting chairman of the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) Dr Md Nasiruddin Ahmed on Friday said all officials of the national anti-graft agency must submit their wealth reports to it from next year.
“We oversee the assets of people, but what is the state of our assets. That’s why we’ve decided to take wealth statement from every ACC officials from 2017,” he told a discussion at Shilpakala Academy
auditorium in the capital. They arranged the discussion marking the International Anti-Corruption Day 2016 which aims to raise united voice against the growing culture of corruption.
Dr Nasiruddin said once the wealth statements of the ACC officials are realised every year, internal control of the agency will be strengthened and transparency will be ensured. As per the national integrity strategy 2012, he said, all government officials should submit their wealth reports to their respective department.
The ACC acting boss said most of the country’s money-laundering incidents are trade-based and the ACC and the National Board of Revenue (NBR) should work together to check it.
He sought technical support from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to check money-laundering, saying checking money-laundering is very important. “Because, once money is siphoned off, it is very difficult to bring it back to the country.” Speaking as the chief guest, former governor of Bangladesh Bank Dr Mohammed Farashuddin said a UNDP statistic shows that about US$ 56.9 billion was siphoned off during 2004-2013. About US$ 9.6 was smuggled out from the country in a single year – 2013, he said, adding it’s a challenge for the ACC and the NBR to prevent money-laundering. About the activities of the Commission, Farashuddin said people want to know how many complaints the ACC receives a year, how many allegations it takes into account, how many cases it files and what is the success rate of the ACC.
ACC commissioner AFM Aminul Islam, UNDP Bangladesh country director Sudipto Mukerjee, ACC secretary Abu M Mustafa Kamal and its director general Dr Shamsul Arefin, among others, spoke at the discussion.
Earlier, the ACC formed a human chain in front of Jatiya Press Club at 9:15 am.
