*I Will investigate Akpabio-EFCC Nominee
By Andrew Oota
Senate on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of Ola Olukoyede and Mr Muhammad Hassan Hammajoda as chairman and Secretary of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC
respectively.
The upper legislative chamber equally confirmed Mrs Halima Shehu for appointment as National Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer of the National Social Investment Programme Agency.
During the confirmation session,the EFCC chairmanship nominee told senators that the commission under his watch will ensure accountability, transparency and preventive measures that will eliminate too many litigations .
According to the chairman, the EFCC will not hesitate to prosecute any Nigerian irrespective of there social political status,including the president of the Senate ,Godswill Akpabio.
Emphasizing the need for what he calls “collective responsibility ” ,the EFCC chairman maintained that for Nigeria to earn a reputation for transparency and accountability , there must be a collective decision that indeed corruption must be eliminated .
His words,”we must build international reputation in transparency, and as an agency I can investigate even the Senate President,because we must call a spade a spade, we must look at evil and call it evil no matter who is involved “.
“We must look at more of the preventive measures than curative , corruption has become too rampant in our society and we will do our work diligently and with respect to the provisions of the constitution “.
He also stated that the commission under his watch will avoid dublication of roles with the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission ,ICPC in other to save the country unecessary deployment of funds by the two anti graft agencies for the same purpose.
