EFCC Press Release
Chairman, Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibarhim Lamorde has promised to build a
robust relationship with the National Lottery Regulatory
Commission, NLRC, in fighting the menace of lottery scam and other unwholesome
practices in the lottery sector.
Lamorde gave the assurance on
Tuesday, March 17, 2015 while signing a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with
the NLRC on ways to effectively combat fraud in the lottery sector in Nigeria.
The EFCC boss assured that,
the Commission would spare no effort towards cleaning up the industry of cheats
and illegal lottery operators. “We will do our best to bring violators of laws
to justice”, Lamorde said.
According to him, under the
new agreement, “the Commission will make available its operatives with respect
to enforcement of the National Lottery Act, in the area of training,
investigation and prosecution, so as to have a joint team to clean up the
system for the good of the country”.
Lamorde opined that, there was a need to
appoint focal persons to ease collaboration between the two agencies.
In his remark, NLRC Director General, Adolphus Joe Ekpe,
noted that, the essence of
the MoU was to fashion out areas of cooperation and collaboration between EFCC
and NLRC with a view to tackling financial crimes in relation to lottery
activities.
He expressed concern over the increasing rate of
illegal operators of lottery saying, “some people have turned Lottery to
gambling, fraud and economic crime platforms. For those of us in Lottery
Commission, we have been given several names like chacha and all sorts. We are not deterred. In fact, this is
why this collaboration with EFCC becomes imperative”.
According to Ekpe, “lottery business is a tool for
job creation, wealth redistribution and national development”.
The NLRC boss thanked EFCC for its
commitment to the war against economic and financial crimes in Nigeria and
expressed belief that the collaboration between the two agencies would help
stamp out illegal lottery operators from the industry.
The ceremony was witnessed by management staff
of the EFCC including the Secretary to the Commission, Emmanuel Adegboyega
Aremo and Commandant, EFCC Academy, Olowonihi while Director
Enforcement & Compliance, Sajo Mohammed; Director Regulation and
Monitoring, Prince Jeminiwa Emmanuel were among the team from NLRC.
Wilson
Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
17th March, 2015
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