The Executive Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde said that the agency, as the foremost anti-graft body
in the country, is critical to the success of the transformation agenda of the
Goodluck Jonathan administration.
Lamorde, who spoke through Mr. Akanninyene Ezima, Head, Advance
Fee Fraud Unit, made the remark Monday June 17, 2013 at the Commission’s
headquarters at Abuja while playing host to
students of the Security investigation and interrogation Course (SIIC 04/13), Defence Intelligence
School, Karu, Abuja on a study tour of the Commission.
Ezima briefed the students on the modus operandi of the
commission, its different units and how the agency interfaces with other law
enforcement entities.
He informed that the EFCC is saddled with the responsibility of
checking the mismanagement of public funds and ensuring that those who break
the law are brought to book.
Ezima also informed the visitors that EFCC plays crucial role in
the current efforts at fighting the growing wave of terrorism by helping to
track the funding trail for terrorist activities.
Speaking also at the occasion, Felicia Bot-Timothy, Head, Enlightenment
and Reorientation Unit, informed the students that the Commission’s mandate is
not limited to enforcement activities only. She said the law setting up the
Commission mandates it to put in place measures to prevent the commission of
economic and financial crimes. She went on to educate them on the Commission’s
enlightenment programmes.
Timothy urged the student to help the Commission in enlightening
Nigerians on the dangers of corruption.
The team leader, Lt Col B P Bature thanked the management for
receiving them, adding that the visit has broadened their knowledge about the
Commission and its place in the nation’s strategic security framework.
The students were later taken on a tour of the Commission’s facilities.
Wilson
Uwujaren
Ag. Head, Media & Publicity
17th June, 2013
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