The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has stressed the need to implement preventive measures in the fight against corruption, describing such measures as the best way to stamp corrupt practices out of the society.
He made the assertion on June 28, 2019 in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital while receiving the leadership of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN, Kwara State Chapter, who came on a visit to the EFCC Ilorin Zonal Office.
The EFCC Chair who was represented by Isyaku Sharu, Head, Ilorin Zonal Office, used the opportunity to intimate the visitors on the various efforts of the anti-graft agency aimed at ridding the country of corruption.
“Our duty does not end in arresting and prosecuting people, we are changing lives for good, and we must look at preventive mechanisms,” he said.
He also appealed to them to partner with the EFCC in stamping out corruption.
He said: “Fighting corruption is not a one man’s business, but is a collective responsibility.
“We collect information from members of the public, because information is key and intelligence is key.
“You relate with the lowest, middle and highest, and so you get information, so I appeal to you to partner with the EFCC in the ongoing fight against corruption.”
While assuring the anti-graft agency of support in the fight against corruption, the RTEAN Chairman, Alhaji Abdulrahman Onikijipa commended the EFCC boss for his efforts, day and night in the fight against corruption.
“Corruption is not a one man’s business, and all hands need to be on the deck in the fight against the menace of corruption,” he said.
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