The Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has urged the National Orientation Agency, NOA, to support the anti-graft agency’s concerted efforts to rid the country of economic and financial crimes. "All hands have to be on the deck to push the anti-corruption effort of the President forward, because everybody is a stakeholder," he said.
Magu made the charge during a courtesy visit by a delegation of the NOA, led by its Director General, Dr. Garba Abari, to the EFCC’s headquarters in Abuja on August 5, 2016. Abari who citing the need to strengthen sensitization strategies, noted that it was essential to “resist corruption, stigmatize corrupt practices and develop a citizen-led campaign against corrupt practices”. Noting that corruption would always fight back, Abari said,
"I sympathize with you, as the job is gargantuan, and institutional corruption alone is very difficult to fight.” While urging the EFCC to “take advantage of the NOA's robust structure”, Abari stressed that it was important for the anti-graft agency to utilize the NOA’s “considerable presence in every state and local government”. "Our two agencies have been shaking hands, but under my leadership, I want us to hug; I want us to work much more closely under my leadership," Abari said.
Magu assured the NOA boss of the agency’s support. On behalf of the EFCC, its Public Affairs Director, Osita Nwajah, appreciated the opportunity to reenergize the existing relationship with the NOA. #Collaboration
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