The
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, on April 25, 2017 engaged
senior management staff of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,
on fashioning a strategy that would effectively help in the prevention of
corruption.
Speaking at
the one-day workshop tagged "Support to Anti-corruption in Nigeria
Project", Polleak OK Serei, the UNODC Project Coordinator, who stood in
for Christina Albertin, UNODC Country Representative, said, "UNODC is
required to strengthen corruption prevention capabilities of relevant
anti-corruption agencies, based on improved specialized skills, tools and
procedures."
Jesse Wachanga, Deputy Project
Coordinator, UNODC while highlighting the four pillars of United Nations
Convention Against Corruption, UNCAC, urged participants which included heads
of units and departments of the EFCC, to have "a clear stand taken against
corruption through integrity check on staff of EFCC, enlightenment of citizens,
and focusing on prevention of corruption strategies."
Jibril
Manigi, Director, Finance and Accounts, who represented the acting Chairman of the EFCC,
Ibrahim Magu, commended the UNODC for its support of the anti-graft agency over
the years, noting that "we will further strengthen the EFCC and make
us better operators and make our country less endemic to corruption."
The
event, which held at the Valencia Hotel, Abuja, was sponsored by the European
Union, EU, in partnership with the UNODC.
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