The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has recovered one point eight trillion naira from fraudsters in the last eight years.
Its Chairman, Farida Waziri said this in a paper she delivered at the sixty-second Anniversary of the Lagos Country Club, Ikeja..
Waziri, who spoke on the “Fight Against Corruption as a Collective Action”, said the Commission recorded over six hundred convictions within the same period.
According to her, corruption remained endemic in all countries across the world and that it undermined democratic institutions, slowed down economic development and contributed to instability.
Waziri condemned some traditional, religious and academic institutions which gave honorary titles to people with questionable wealth.
She pointed out that corruption was a difficult and complex challenge, and called for collective efforts which would go beyond finger-pointing in fighting the menace.
Waziri is of the view that there is an urgent need to accelerate the dynamics of mobilizing people, using platforms like the Lagos Country Club against corruption as citizens themselves must rise to take centre stage in creating change.
She urged Nigerians to change the erroneous notion that the “national cake” was meant to be shared rather than baked by the people.
Its Chairman, Farida Waziri said this in a paper she delivered at the sixty-second Anniversary of the Lagos Country Club, Ikeja..
Waziri, who spoke on the “Fight Against Corruption as a Collective Action”, said the Commission recorded over six hundred convictions within the same period.
According to her, corruption remained endemic in all countries across the world and that it undermined democratic institutions, slowed down economic development and contributed to instability.
Waziri condemned some traditional, religious and academic institutions which gave honorary titles to people with questionable wealth.
She pointed out that corruption was a difficult and complex challenge, and called for collective efforts which would go beyond finger-pointing in fighting the menace.
Waziri is of the view that there is an urgent need to accelerate the dynamics of mobilizing people, using platforms like the Lagos Country Club against corruption as citizens themselves must rise to take centre stage in creating change.
She urged Nigerians to change the erroneous notion that the “national cake” was meant to be shared rather than baked by the people.
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