The Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has challenged staff of the anti-graft agency to be prepared for more work and bigger task ahead.
He gave the charge in Ibadan while presenting awards to outstanding staff of the commission’s Ibadan zonal office.
Represented by the Ibadan zonal head, Mr. Friday Ebelo, he said the task ahead of the anti-graft agency required more commitment and higher level of dedication from its staff.
His words: “There are greater task and more work ahead. As you know, the reward for hard work is more work.
“You need to be more hardworking and more dedicated in order to play your own quota in our collective goal to effectively deliver on our mandate to rid our country of economic and financial crimes.”
The zone held a get-together for its staff to round-off activities for the year.
Some of the staff were presented with award of outstanding performance in recognition of their sterling contributions to the success of the zone in the year 2019.
The zonal head, at a press conference, to kick-off a road-walk in commemoration of the International Anti-Corruption Day, had put the figure of convictions secured in the zone within the last 12 months at 171.
He also disclosed that the zone was able to confiscate from fraudsters huge sums of money in local and foreign currencies to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
