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When I See The Humongous Amount Of Money Stolen, I Wonder How We Are Still Surviving - Ola Olukoyede

opera.com 2024/10/5

On 2nd July, 2024 the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede while receiving the management team of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) at the commission Headquarters in Abuja, revealed that when he looked at some corruption case files and saw the massive amount of money stolen, he used to wonder how the good citizens of the country were still surviving because some of the corruption case files would a person to weep.

According to Daily Trust, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede said "When I look at some case files and see the humongous amount of money stolen, I wonder how we are still surviving. If you see some case files, you will weep. The way they move unspent budget allocation to private accounts in commercial banks before midnight at the end of a budget circle, you will wonder what kind of spirit drives us as Nigerians. A situation where somebody would hold a public office or position of trust for years and you call him to account and he says No, he would not account, is not acceptable. The preventive framework for tackling corruption offers more prospects for results and impact. To this end, the EFCC now has a Department of Fraud Risk and Assessment and Control."

On the other hand, the Chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Mohammed Shehu said that it was important to bring to the fore that the collaboration between RMAFC and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), was crucial in tackling the challenges of unremitted revenue to the Federation Account. He also called on the Chairman of the EFCC, Ola Olukoyede for more collaboration with the RMAFC in intelligence gathering and data sharing as regards Government revenue from any source.