The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has urged Civil Society Organisations across the country to partner the commission in taking its anti-corruption campaigns to the grassroots.
The EFCC Chairman, Mr Ola Olukoyede made the call in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by the Spokesperson, Dele Oyewole at a one-day engagement parley between the Commii and CSOs drawn from Kebbi, Zamfara, and Sokoto states.
He noted that the engagement with CSOs had was very crucial in the quest of the EFCC to build synergy with different interest groups and that the success story of the commission cannot be told without the support and partnership of CSOs.
“In view of the foregoing, I assure you that greater vigour and impetus will be added to this symbiotic relationship.
“The EFCC will also be relying on you now more than ever to help in galvanizing and sustaining goodwill between us and the public we serve,” he stated.
Olukoyede said this through the Sokoto Zonal Commander, Assistant Commander of the EFCC, Aliyu Yunusa.
He observed that the participants were closer to the citizens to disseminate the message of anti-corruption to the grassroots.
He noted that they had the advantage of using local dialects in preaching against the ills of corruption.
“Criticise us constructively because the EFCC is one of the most tasked, professional agencies in Nigeria today,” he said.
