BEVERLY HILLS, March 05, (THEWILL) – The new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, on Friday officially mounted the saddle with a pledge to steer the organisation towards proactive and intelligence-led investigation.
Bawa said a full-fledged Directorate of Intelligence would be created towards spearheading a proactive response against corruption.
According to him, “We are going to digitalise our processes, and we are going to create a new full-pledged directorate of intelligence to enable us to gather intelligence so that we will be proactive in our fight against economic and financial crimes; and by so doing, we will also provide the government with necessary quality advice that will lead to good governance”.
The EFCC boss also promised a paradigm shift in the agency’s anti-corruption war.
“There is a difference between fighting corruption and fighting corrupt people; and going forward, we are going to be proactive in our approach in the fight against economic and financial crimes,” he said.
Assuring stakeholders of continued partnership, Bawa said, “For our strategic partners across the shores of this country, we will continue to work together with you.
“We will continue to share intelligence, to see that the stolen wealth of this country is returned for the betterment of us all. But all of these, we will be doing it the way the EFCC is known to be doing its things.
“The provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and extant laws of the country have always been and will always be our guide.”
The out-going Acting Chairman of the Commission, Mohammed Umar Abba, who handed over to Bawa, congratulated him and wished him well on his appointment.
Abba said: “I am particularly delighted to be handing over the affairs of the Commission to Bawa. He is an officer with whom I have enjoyed a close working relationship and who contributed immensely to our collective efforts in the war against economic and financial crimes.
“I have no doubt that he will do well and enjoin all staff to accord him the same support that I have received over the last seven months.”
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