EFCC calls for financial discipline, integrity in MDAs

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has called for improved financial discipline and integrity in piloting the affairs of Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, in the country.

He made the call in Abuja while receiving a delegation of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, led by its Executive Secretary Dr. Rabiu Olowo at the corporate headquarters of the Commission.

According to him, financial discipline and integrity are panaceas to the inspiration of economic growth and development in the country.

He charged MDAs to enhance their financial reporting, pointing out that the Commission will devote more attention to their internal cleansing.

“By virtue of the financial investigations we are doing, we discovered a lot of malpractices in financial reporting, particularly in the MDAs, so we are starting with internal cleansing before we move to corporate bodies,” he said.

He emphasized that the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was serious about moving the country forward and all appointees of the government must demonstrate more responsibility and integrity in carrying out their assignments.

“We believe the government of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is very serious. By the virtue of the appointment he has been making, he will move this country forward,” he added.