Adedapo Adesanya
By Adedapo Adesanya
The new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ola Olukoyede, has mandated all members of staff of the organisation to immediately declare their assets in line with civil service regulations and procedures.
According to a statement from the spokesperson for the agency, Mr Dele Oyewale, the EFCC chief issued the directive during a meeting with the employees at the headquarters in Abuja.
“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’s 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 them,” the EFCC chairman was quoted as saying.
“We must live above board by setting the pace with good examples. As anti-corruption fighters, our hands must be clean and so we must declare our assets,” he added.
The EFCC boss also urged the staff of the commission to pay more premium attention to the basis of fighting economic and financial crimes.
Mr Olukoyede said such efforts should be geared towards growing the economy of the nation, creating the rightful environment for enhanced investments, and strengthening the productive base of the economy.
The EFCC boss also urged the staff of the commission to be professional, thorough in their engagements, rich in integrity, and non-partisan in their dealings.
“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. Doing this will offer us a new direction to redeem the image of the nation,” he said.
He assured them a better welfare package, enhanced training, and equal opportunities to ensure higher productivity.
President Tinubu earlier this month appointed Mr Olukoyede to serve as the Executive Chairman of the anti-graft agency for a renewable term of four years in the first instance, pending Senate confirmation.
This comes nearly four months after he suspended the erstwhile EFCC chief, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa.
