New EFCC Chairman talks tough

The newly appointed Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Ibrahim Magu has been talking tough.

See what he said yesterday after taking over from just-fired ex-chairman Ibrahim Lamorde .

“Indeed, there is no better time to ginger up the anti-corruption campaign than now that we are faced with economic downturn and the attendant sharp decline in government revenues.

“There is need to make sure whatever is got for common use does not end up in private pockets.

“To attract foreign investments that will complement the income of the government, we need to clean up our systems to the level of global best practices. We intend to pay attention to these important areas.

“I am ready and willing to work with everybody without primordial concerns. However, everybody must sit up and demonstrate willingness to do the work.

“While we will intensify on our work out there, we will also keep an eye internally. I will not tolerate indiscipline nor condone abuse of office or acts of corruption.

“We have to remove the pecks in our eyes first, to clearly face the outside world. You have no place in the fight against corruption if you are corrupt yourself. We cannot be caught napping in our own primary calling."