 President Mohammed Buhari has urged African leaders to fight tirelessly to get rid of corruption. President Buhari said that the continent has remained at the far end of global development index due to the vice. The president spoke in New York in his capacity as the African Union champion on efforts to eliminate corruption in the continent on the sideline of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly. On food security in Nigeria, the president disclosed that the government has financed 2.5 million smallholder farmers to cultivate about 3.2 million hectares of farmland across the country, creating 10 million direct and indirect jobs. Common African position on asset recovery 2020 was recognized as taking a broader approach to include resources lost through any and all types of illicit financial flows. It is therefore our hope that the common African position on asset recovery can be a model for designing a global framework to address illicit financial flows. And I use this opportunity to call on the African Union to ensure effective implementation of the common African position on asset recovery in line of the vision encapsulated in the agenda 2016. A billion people went hungry in 2021. This is a collective shame on the world's conscience. Such developments have been made worse by increased illicit financial flows arising from combination of factors including organized violence and conflict risks, economic downturn, natural hazards and climatic risks, as well as worsening access to humanitarian assets. Tackling illicit financial flows in terms of blocking the leakages and recovery of looted assets would offer the door to releasing the much needed investments in productive sectors, inclusive of food security. In my view, if Africa's population and land space are credibly and productively harnessed, we will not only address this challenge but will be a turnaround for world economic boost and sustainable. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.