The Acting Chairman of
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has urged the
National Orientation Agency, NOA, to support the anti-graft agency’s concerted
efforts to rid the country of economic and financial crimes.
"All hands have to be on the
deck to push the anti-corruption effort of the President forward, because
everybody is a stakeholder," he said.
Magu made the charge during a
courtesy visit by a delegation of the NOA, led by its Director General, Dr.
Garba Abari, to the EFCC’s headquarters in Abuja on August 5, 2016.
Abari used the opportunity to seek
for an increased collaboration between both agencies. Citing the need to
strengthen sensitization strategies, he noted that it was essential to “resist
corruption, stigmatize corrupt practices and develop a citizen-led campaign
against corrupt practices”.
Noting that corruption would always
fight back, Abari said, "I sympathize with you, as the job is gargantuan,
and institutional corruption alone is very difficult to fight.”
While urging the EFCC to “take
advantage of the NOA's robust structure”, Abari stressed that it was important
for the anti-graft agency to utilize the NOA’s “considerable presence in every
state and local government”.
"Our two agencies have been
shaking hands, but under my leadership, I want us to hug; I want us to work
much more closely under my leadership," Abari said.
Magu assured the NOA boss of the
agency’s support.
On behalf of the EFCC, its Public
Affairs Director, Osita Nwajah, appreciated the opportunity to reenergize the
existing relationship with the NOA.
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