A former director of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mrs Juliet Ibekaku has said the establishment of the EFCC and ICPC to fight corruption in Nigeria was an unnecessary duplication of duties and waste of public resources.
Beside, Mrs Ibekaku noted that over the years, the problem of leadership has hampered the growth and effectiveness of the anti corruption bodies in the country.
Speaking during a two-day media round table on anti-corruption reportage put up by Justice for All, (J4A) in collaboration with the British Department for International Development, held in Lagos, Ibekaku, who formerly was head the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) of the EFCC therefore suggested immediate merger of the two anti corruption bodies for effective war against corruption in Nigeria.
According to her, the need for a merger became imperative to stop the duplications of mandates of the various anti-corruption agencies, thereby putting an end to the waste of taxpayers’ money.
She said, “the only agency with a different mandate in the system is the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), now referred to as Nigeria Financial Intelligence Centre (NFIC), which is an intelligence anti-corruption agency that covers all aspects of corruption, including terrorism
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