Olukoyede tells EFCC Staff – Declare Your Assets,

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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

 

 

 

 

 


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