The Govt Chairman of the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has said that corruption was the important thing problem selling insecurity within the nation and referred to as for a collective struggle towards it.
He made this recognized on the 2024 Annual Civil-Army Convention, organized by Civil-Army Cooperation, (CIMICO) on the Nationwide Defence Faculty, Abuja.
Olukoyede who was represented by the Director of Public Affairs Directorate, Commander of the EFCC, CE Wilson Uwujaren said that “Corruption is the important thing problem by way of the promotion of insecurity on this nation. When folks speak about insecurity and nationwide growth, one issue that’s vital to notice is the implication of corruption on nationwide safety administration and growth.
It’s time for us to collectively struggle corruption which has turn into a serious problem to our nation’s growth. The lack of sources to corruption denies our nation the sources we should always have used to supply infrastructure and digital providers for our folks, deepening the poverty we expertise on this nation,” he mentioned.
Talking additional, the EFCC boss said that corruption breeds poverty, which in flip makes the jobless to embrace recruitment into banditry, kidnapping, and terrorism.
Olukoyede pledged EFCC’s unwavering help to the armed forces within the struggle towards insecurity and to make sure that proceeds of crime will not be deployed by rogue components to oxygenate terrorist actions. “We are going to proceed to observe the move of funds, particularly within the banking sector, to make sure that illicit cash doesn’t get into the palms of bandits, kidnappers, and terrorists,” he said.
In his welcome handle, Mr. Adams Otakwu, convener and founder CIMICO, urged civil society organizations to be pushed by patriotism and keep off fraudulent actions.
“Civil societies should be real and never be concerned in fraudulent actions. Our function is to name public establishments to accountability, to not take pleasure in blackmail. That isn’t activism, and we should desist from that and interact in productive ventures. As civil society organizations, we’re the acutely aware of the society; if we lose it, we lose all the pieces. It’s not about cash; it’s about patriotism,” he mentioned.
The Commandant of the Nationwide Defence Faculty, Rear Admiral Olumuyiwa Morakinyo Olotu, on his half, said that the essence of the convention was to brainstorm and produce forth options to the federal government on insecurity. “We intention to develop implementable methods to deal with insecurity and promote nationwide growth,” he mentioned.
The consultant of the Secretary to the Authorities of the Federation, Babatunde Bolaji Bernard, emphasised the necessity to attain and educate folks on the grassroots degree towards aiding terrorists and legal components and for members of the general public to desist from spreading faux information churned out by criminals.
“We should educate them on the necessity to not help criminals, as a few of them are conveying terrorists, shopping for gas, meals, and different requirements for them.”
The Minister of State for Police Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman Ibrahim, referred to as for a concerted effort from all Nigerians in tackling insecurity, stating that “Safety affairs are all people’s enterprise, not simply the police and different legislation enforcement companies. We should be a part of palms with the police and different legislation enforcement companies to finish the menace of insecurity.”
The occasion, themed: “Complete of Society Method to Nationwide Safety and Improvement,” introduced collectively stakeholders from varied sectors for the forging of options to insecurity within the nation and the promotion of nationwide growth.
