Mr Ola Olukoyede, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has asked all commission employees to promptly register their assets in accordance with civil service norms and procedures.
He issued the directive on Tuesday at the EFCC’s headquarters in Abuja while speaking to top staff members, emphasising that battling corruption requires those at the forefront to be above board.
This was contained in a statement released to the press on Tuesday by the EFCC’s spokesperson, Dele Oyewale.
The EFCC chief gave his staff members assurances that upholding the law will be a core value and guideline for their work.
Olukoyede said:
“The EFCC is a creation of the law. We must do our job in line with the dictates of the law. This is a standard international practice and we would ensure that it is our established norm.
“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.
“We must live above board by setting the pace with good examples. As anti-corruption fighters, our hands must be clean, so we must declare our assets.”
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