The Senate has called for a new, reformed and rebranded
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Chairman, Senate Committee on Anti-corruption and Financial
Crimes, Suleiman Kwari, spoke on Tuesday at the commencement of the 9th Senate
Legislative Anti Corruption Strategy Implementation Session.
He advised that ninety per cent of investigation be done
before arrest is effected.
“Media hype must stop. If you want to be effective forget
the media, do the work and let your work speak for you,” he told EFCC
officials.
Kwari disclosed that the 9th Senate was determined to ensure
constant flow of information and engagement between the Senate and the EFCC.
Aliyu Wamakko, a former Sokoto State Governor, expressed
concern on EFCC’s lean budgetary allocation for legal fees.
He demanded adequate provision for the purpose in the EFCC
budget for effective prosecutorial activities.
Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Mohammed Umar Abba, sought the
support of the committee through appropriation.
On senators’ inquiry on seized vehicles, Abba expressed pain
at the deteriorating state of assets in EFCC custody.
“We are working on this challenge, and I am sure the
Attorney General of the Federation is coming out with a gazette so that this
issue will be a thing of the past, not only vehicles, but landed properties,”
he said.
On the whistle-blowing policy of the federal government,
Abba said some members of the public had turned it to a tool for settling
personal scores.
“It is true that the whistle-blowing policy has gone down,
unlike what it was at the beginning where we received several reports from
whistle-blowers. People started being mischievous. We have to tread carefully
as people turned it into a personal vendetta tool against individuals.”
Abba revealed that the policy was being fine-tuned by the
Ministry of Finance to make it more efficient.
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