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“Declare Your Assests” – EFCC Boss Orders Staff
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‘Declare Your Assets’ – EFCC Boss Orders Staff
By Haruna Yusuf, Abuja.
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has ordered the staff of the Commission to immediately declare their assets in line with the civil service regulations and procedures.
The newly appointed EFCC chair gave the order on Tuesday as a bold move towards accountability and internal cleansing while addressing the senior staff of the EFCC, at the Corporate Headquarters of the Commission in Abuja,
Olukoyede stressed that fighting corruption required those at the vanguard to be above board.
He said: “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 the same. Even the Commission Secretary did, you all may also have done it in the past, but there’s a 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.”
The Chairman called on the staff to pay attention to the basis of fighting economic and financial crimes, highlighting 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.
Olukoyede said: “We must do our job to add value to the nation. Investors 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.
“Please, I beg you, let 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.
“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.”
