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Lamorde, Ezekude with a
delegation of members of NCC’s management team and EFCC’s management team
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The
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has offered to assist the
Nigerian Copyrights Commission, NCC in tackling rising wave of piracy and all
forms intellectual property rights infringements.
The
Executive Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim
Lamorde made the offer on Friday November 2, 2012 while receiving a delegation
from the Nigerian Copyright Commission led by its Director General, Mr. Afam
Ezekude at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja .
He
described all infringements against intellectual property rights as economic
crime since they are, most of the times, induced by monetary gains.
“Those
that engage in copyright infringements do not do so for the fun of it, but for
monetary gains and this makes it an economic crime.” Lamorde said.
He
applauded the excellent relationships between the EFCC and the NCC, and called
for concerted efforts to consolidate and strengthen existing ties.
“Our
relationship with your organization dates back many years ago and the two
agencies have a common ground for collaboration which needs to be strengthened
especially in the area of intelligence sharing,” Lamorde said.
He
indicated the Commission’s willingness to make available to the NCC, any of its
facilities especially the EFCC Academy which he described as one of the best in
the country.
Earlier,
the Director General of the NCC Mr. Afam Ezekude said they were at the EFCC to
seek ways of strengthening the already existing relationship with the
Commission. “We are here to upscale this relationship because the work you do
have a direct impact on our work too and there is need for a better synergy.”
Ezekude stressed.
He
revealed that in the last six months, his organization secured 28 (Twenty
Eight) convictions and seized about 11 (eleven) containers of pirated goods
worth N4 billion.
The
NCC boss called for greater collaboration by both agencies especially in the
areas of enforcement and capacity building.
Mr.
Ezekude was accompanied on the visit by Mr. A.T Kohol, director prosecution,
and Mr. Jacob S. Fagbemi, director Legal, among others.
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