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to Hold Joint Summit On Corruption and Fraud |
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Tuesday, 18 November 2008 |
The Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and the
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related
Offences Commission, ICPC are to jointly organise a
summit on Corruption and Fraud scheduled to hold in
January 2009. The summit is intended to further
consolidate the cooperation between the two agencies
in the fight against corruption and financial
crimes.
The decision to hold the summit was the high point
of discussions as the chairmen of the two agencies;
Mrs. Farida Waziri and Justice Emmanuel Ayoola meet
yesterday in Cotonou.The meeting at the instance of
the EFCC Chairman, dispelled media speculations
about raging rift between the sister agencies over
matters of jurisdiction.
According to the ICPC Chairman, there was no
supremacy contest between the agencies. He said that
what has been misconstrued as suggestive of a rift
between the agencies in the media was simply matter
blown out of proportion. He said it was not unlikely
the embers of discord was being fanned by people who
are not comfortable with the excellent relations
between the agencies. “There is no rift between us.
If the captains are exchanging fire, the enemies
will go away with the booty”, he said.
On her part, Mrs. Waziri said there is greater need
for both EFCC and ICPC to work together now than
ever before as corruption remains the greatest
threat to the country’s development. She called for
regular exchanges of information and intelligence by
the agencies, in the overall interest of the
country.From Media and Publicity Unit.
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