The acting Chairman, Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has given assurance of the Commission’s commitment to tackling
corruption in Nigeria.
He said the anti-corruption fight embarked upon by the Muhammadu Buhari-led
government is total and geared towards bringing the nation’s economy back on a
sound footing.
Magu made this disclosure on Tuesday, October 25, 2016 while hosting a team of participants of the National Management Course, NMC, of the
Pakistani National School of
Policy, NSP, at the Commission’s Head Office, Abuja.
According to him, the EFCC under his watch
had upped the ante in the fight against graft with remarkable success.
“We have achieved a lot
in terms of recovery of looted funds
and properties in the past eleven months more than was achieved in the last
twelve years of the existence of the Commission. We have had many challenges but for me, my main motivation is
the political goodwill we enjoy. My men are determined and committed to
work. Most importantly, the government is also ever ready to support us”, Magu said.
The anti corruption czar, expressed delight over the
visit saying, “we are encouraged that you deemed it fit to visit us while studying here
in Nigeria.”
The EFCC boss also went further
to give a brief history of the Commission, an overview on its activities, sucesses and challenges.
He said, “in order to check corruption
amongst staff, the Commission created a Department Of Internal Affiars, DIA, charged with the responsibility of vetting
intending staff, investigating staff, recieving petitions
from the public concerning staff and making sure all members of the staff are men
of intergrity.”
Irum Bukhari, a directing staff at the NSP who led
the 8-man delegation, thanked the EFCC boss for making out time to recieve them saying, ”we are here because we are interested in
learning from the EFCC. We want to know your composition, your success stories, the laws that govern your activities as we are also striving
very much in our country to fight corruption, extermism and terrorrism.”
Bukhari expained that, the delegation comprised top civil servants who had served the Pakistani governement for many years and were “here to study and improve themselves in other to handle key positions in
the decision making of our country”.
She expressed optimism that the visit would further strenghthen the bilateral relationship of
both countries.
Wilson
Uwujaren
Head,
Media & Publicity
25th
October, 2016
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