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November 21, 2019
TheNigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI says it will signa Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with the Economic and Financial CrimesCommission, EFCC to reinforce effort in the fight against corruption in thecountry.
NEITI’sDirector, Communications and Advocacy Orji Ogbonnaya Orji announced this in astatement in Abuja.
Itsaid agreement on signing of the MoU was part of the outcome of the meetingbetween the Executive Secretary of NEITI, Waziri Adio and the Acting Chairmanof the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu with top management team of the two agencies.
Itsaid that the agreement would strengthen the partnership and cooperationbetween the two agencies in the fight against corruption. It added that NEITIand the EFCC will deal with such crimes expeditiously, through information andintelligence sharing as well as human-capacity mobilisation.
In his remarks, Magu described NEITI and the EFCC as key partners in progress. He said that the time to strengthen the partnership between the two agencies had become very urgent. He also described the extractive industries as not only the main source of revenues to the economy, but also source of corruption and financial crimes.