Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chair Ibrahim Lamorde, yesterday said the Commission is not averse to constructive criticisms that can assist to win the war against corruption.
He said the commission’s doors were open to meaningful contributions from individuals and organizations with good intentions to stamp out economic and financial crimes in the country.
Lamorde spoke at a meeting with members of the Coalition of Civil Society Groups in Nigeria (CCOSGIN) in Abuja.
He said the success so far recorded by the Commission in the war against corruption would not have been possible without the active support of the civil society groups.
Lamorde said: “Our doors are open to criticisms and suggestions. It is gratifying to know that there are still some genuine civil society groups that appreciate what we are doing. We also appreciate your coming to identify with us and encourage us in our fight against corruption.
“As proof that we are partners in progress in the war against corruption, you will recall that the EFCC signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with some civil society groups in 2014 at the EFCC Academy.
“It is an on-going process and is still active; so, I invite members of your group that are yet to key into it to join.”
Lamorde also stated that EFCC would partner with the group in its planned national colloquium later in the year.
Earlier in his address, the National Chairman of CCOSGIN, Comrade Iso Bassey Edim, said the anti-corruption war by the EFCC was in tandem with President Muhammad Buhari’s zero tolerance for corruption.
Edim, who said the visit was not an act of sycophancy, urged Lamorde not to be distracted by the activities of “self-acclaimed agents sponsored by some corrupt elements to distract the EFCC from carrying out its constitutional duties.”
Edim, who was accompanied by some officials of the 47 civil society/liberty groups in Nigeria, also passed a vote of confidence in Larmode.
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