The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) and the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) have renewed ties to fight corruption in the oil, gas and mining sectors.
The Executive Secretary of NEITI, Dr Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, and the Executive Chairman EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, made the commitment when a delegation of the NEITI management team paid a courtesy visit to the commission’s headquarters in Abuja.
Orji explained that the purpose of the visit was to strengthen the existing ties, partnership and cooperation between the two anti-corruption agencies in information and data sharing, investigation and prosecution of financial crimes in the oil, gas and mining industries.
The NEITI executive secretary told the EFCC chief executive that NEITI’s visit became necessary following the recent change of leadership at the commission and the importance of sustaining the existing alliances, support and cooperation under the existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the EFCC and NEITI signed since 2021.
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“We see EFCC as our ally and partner that we cannot afford to play with, our allies are few, with partnership like yours,” Orji stated.
The Chairman EFCC, Mr Ola Olukoyede, described as highly commendable, NEITI’s courage, depth of knowledge and professionalism in the discharge of its mandate.
He urged NEITI to expand and deploy its beneficial ownership register for easier access to other anti-corruption agencies to help public disclosures, deeper measures to check fraud and curb corruption.
