Corruption: EFCC to beam searchlights on NDDC

Rosemary Nwisi, Port Harcourt

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has vowed to beam its searchlights on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), to ensure that the Niger Delta region feels the impact of the intervention agency.

Head of the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Federal government Agency, Usman Imam made the pledge when he featured as guest on a Security Watch programme of a local radio station in Port Harcourt, the state capital, yesterday.

He said, “We are looking into the activities of the NDDC. We have received petitions on projects that have been paid for but not executed.

“We are going to look into these petitions to ensure that the people get value for monies released to the NDDC and, that those who steal from the agency are dealt with in accordance with the law.”

Imam noted that the Whistle Blowers policy of the Federal Government is still in force and urged citizens to take advantage of the policy to give information about corrupt activities to the Commission.

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“Nigeria must win this war and put the country back on the path of honour,” he said.

On the concern of the public on increasing wave of cybercrimes in the zone, he assured that the commission under his watch would leave no stone unturned eradicating the zone of all forms of financial related crimes and criminalities and appealed to parents, religious leaders, to help the youths channel their energy into meaningful /lawful activities, by inculcating the right values into them.

In the same vein, the zonal EFCC Boss the commitment of agency in collaboration with relevant sister agencies to fight illegal oil bunkering in the Niger Delta region to a standstill.

He disclosed that he had already met with heads of security and other agencies, including the Department of Petroleum Resources, on ways to strengthen cooperation in the fight against oil theft and expressed the confidence that the strategy will deliver positive dividends in the coming months.