As a bold move towards accountability and internal cleansing, the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has directed staff of the commission to immediately declare their assets in line with civil service regulations and procedures.
He gave the directive on Tuesday, 24 October at the corporate headquarters of the commission in Abuja while addressing senior staff of the EFCC. Me Olukoyede stressed that fighting corruption required those at the vanguard to be above board.
“All of us are going to declare our assets; from level 17, downward. I did mine, so there’s no reason for anyone to be afraid to do same. Even the Commission Secretary did, you all may also have done it in the past, but there’s need for all of us to do it again. We will declare our assets, and we are going to investigate it. We must live above board by setting the pace with good examples. As anti- corruption fighters, our hands must be clean, so we must declare our assets”, he said.
