As a bold move
t o w a r d s
accountability and
internal cleansing, the
Executive Chairman of the
Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, Mr.
Ola Olukoyede has directed
staff of the Commission to
immediately declare their
assets in line with civil
service regulations and
procedures.
He gave the directive on
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at
the Corporate Headquarters
of the Commission in Abuja
while addressing senior staff
of the EFCC. Olukoyede
stressed that, fighting
corruption required those at
the vanguard to be above
board.
“All of us are going to
declare our assets; from
level 17, downward. I did
mine, so there’s no reason
for anyone to be afraid
to do same. Even the
Commission Secretary did,
you all may also have done
it in the past, but there’s
need for all of us to do it
again. We will declare our
assets, and we are going to
investigate it. We must live
above board by setting the
pace with good examples.
As anti- corruption fighters,
our hands must be clean,
so we must declare our
assets”, he said.
He called on staff of the
Commission to pay more
premium attention to the basis
of fighting economic and
financial crimes, pointing
out that, such efforts should
be geared towards growing
the economy of the nation,
creating rightful environment
for enhanced investment and
strengthening the productive
base of the economy. “ We
must do our job to add values
to the nation. Investor
Must have confidence in
the economy and we must
help the country to be
governed in an accountable
and transparent manner. By
doing this, it will offer us a
new direction to redeem the
image of the nation”, he said.
He also charged staff
of the Commission to be
professional, thorough in
their engagements, rich
in integrity and be non-
partisan. “Please, I beg
you, let’s our hands be clean
and put our house in order.
Some may not like me, but
I am going to do the right
thing and treat everybody
equally irrespective of
religion, ethnicity and
region”. He assured staff
of better welfare package,
enhanced training and
equal opportunities to
ensure higher productivity.
He warned “ those
compromising their works
and positon to desist from
such conduct, as dire
consequences await every
unsavoury tendency”.
The EFCC boss assured
the Commission’s staff that
adherence to the rule of
law would be an article of
faith and defining principle
of work. “ The EFCC is
a creation of the law. We
must do our job in line
with the dictates of the
law. This is a standard
international practice and we
would ensure that it is our
established norm”, he s