Rachid
Benmessaoud, Country Director World Bank for Nigeria, has assured the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, of adequate support under the World
Bank’s ‘Economic Governance Project’ to further strengthen the anti-corruption
war in Nigeria.
Benmessaoud, who
is also the Coordinating Director for the West African Regional Integration
Program, made this assertion on Friday, May 12, 2017 while on a spot assessment
visit to the ongoing construction work at the permanent site of the EFCC,
Airport road, Abuja.
His visit was a
follow-up to that of a delegation of the World Bank which had during a visit on
Thursday, May 4, 2017 pledged support for the anti-graft agency in the areas of
facilities and capacity building.
The visitor, who
was conducted round the facilities at the site by the project coordinator,
Dixon Otitoju, described the facilities as “modern” and expressed happiness at
the ongoing project and level of work at the new site.
According to him,
the World Bank was in discussion with the Federal Government towards ensuring
that maximum support is made available for the agency to carry out its
operations.
“We are in
discussion with the Government of Nigeria for possible support to the EFCC. We
are at the initial discussion phase, where we are defining the modality of
support”, Benmessaoud said.
He described the
EFCC as a very important institution of accountability adding that it was
imperative to partner with the anti-graft agency to enable it achieve its
mandates.
His words: “It is
very clear that the EFCC has an important mandate which is to combat corruption
and bringing transparency in the way that services are delivered. This is a
very important institution of accountability, and we will like to partner with
them, to help them achieve their objectives.”
Emmanuel
Adegboyega Aremo, Secretary to the Commission, led the World Bank
representative to the site.
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