The MoU signed on Wednesday, August 28,
2013, provides for a Joint Implementation Committee to identify concrete areas
of collaboration. It will also establish joint training programs and
provide assistance regarding specific cases and investigations.
Signed by FTC Chairwoman, Edith
Ramirez; Director General of the Consumers Protection Council, Dupe Atoki
and Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde, the MoU, according to Nigeria’s
Ambassador to the United States, Professor Adebowale Adefuye, is the first of
its kind to include a foreign criminal enforcement authority.
EFCC chairman Lamorde, while commending
the partnership, said “it will build on our existing collaboration with FTC and
with U. S.
criminal enforcement authorities”.
According to FTC chairman, Edith
Ramirez, “Cross-border scammers use fraudulent e-mails and other insidious
scams to bilk consumers all over the world, while undermining confidence in
legitimate businesses. This MoU will help our agencies address this scourge,
and better protect consumers in both the U.S and Nigeria”.
It would be recalled that the FTC
already has working relationship with the two Nigerian agencies on policy and
enforcement matters in various fora, including the African Consumer Protection
Dialogue, the International Mass Marketing Fraud Working Group, the London
Action Plan (LAP) in anti-spam network and the International Consumer
Protection and Enforcement Network.
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