Rising from a three-day Management Retreat, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has restated its commitment to maintaining professionalism and integrity in driving the nation’s fight against economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption.
The resolve was made in Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State by top officials of the Commission led by its Chairman, Ola Olukoyede at the end of a three-day retreat for EFCC Directors.
Speaking on the theme of the retreat, “EFCC: the Journey So Far, Ensuring Professionalism and Integrity”, Olukoyede pointed out that professionalism and integrity are key to the future relevance and effectiveness of the agency.
The EFCC Chairman appreciated the sacrifice, hard work, discipline and commitment of staff of the organization in making such achievements and called for increased dedication to duty to surpass the records of 2024.
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The Retreat provided opportunity for critical and no-holds-barred review of activities of the EFCC in 2024.
In the previous year, milestones were recorded in assets recovery, arrests, prosecution, strategic redirection, and organizational re-engineering, leading to the establishment of new departments and restructuring of others.
In 2024, the Commission secured 4111 convictions and made monetary recovery of over 365.4 billion naira.
(Editor: Okechukwu Eze)
