The Executive Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa has pledged to steer the organisation towards proactive and intelligence-led investigation.
Bawa said this in Abuja on Friday when he officially assumed duties at the commission’s headquarters.
Spokesperson for EFCC, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement that the new EFCC boss promised a paradigm shift in the agency’s approach to anti-graft war, from fighting corrupt persons to fighting corruption.
“There is a difference between fighting corruption and fighting corrupt people; and going forward, we are going to be proactive in our approach in the fight against economic and financial crimes.
“I will create a full-fledged directorate of intelligence that will spearhead intelligence gathering, which will ensure proactive response in the fight against corruption.
“We are going to digitalise our processes, and we are going to create a new full-pledged directorate of intelligence to…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
