The
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been commended for playing
a pivotal role in combating money laundering, financing of terrorism and
proliferation in Nigeria as well as responding to the global trends by
collaborating with other Financial Intelligent Units, FIUs, worldwide.
Tsontsoko
Mamman, Head, Analysis Office of the Financial Intelligent Unit, FIU, Togo made
the commendation on Friday, October 14, 2016, when a combined delegation of
FIUs from Gambia and Togo visited the acting Chairman, EFCC, Ibrahim Mustapha
Magu, at the Commission’s Head Office, Abuja.
“We
came to learn your experience so as to improve efficiency. We cannot thank the
EFCC acting Chairman enough for his efforts and support in the global fight
against corruption”, he said.
Mamman
further stated that, “since financial crimes are a global issue, my country
(Togo) and Gambia FIUs have deemed it fit to collaborate with the Nigerian
Financial Intelligent Unit, NFIU, and Nigeria in general to stem the rate of
money laundering and financing of terrorism within the Africa sub-region”.
Also
speaking, the Head, NFIU, Francis Usaini, gave a background of the visit saying
that, “the sister agencies came to understudy NFIU because of its effectiveness
and robustness under Magu’s watch’’.
The
NFIU is the Nigerian arm of the global financial intelligence Units (FIUs)
domiciled within the EFCC as an autonomous unit and operating in the African
Region.
Usaini
explained that, the delegates were in the Commission for a three-day training
and had been trained in the areas of strategic analysis, monetary analysis and
other aspects of the NFIU.
According
to him, some other countries were also soliciting for similar training.
In
his remark, Magu assured the delegation of the Commission’s continued support
for the FIUs, adding that the fight against corruption was a joint effort.
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