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EFCC Chairman Ola Olukoyede says the fight against corruption is not a joke.
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Olukoyede admitted that tackling corruption has been challenging since he assumed office.
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The EFCC has introduced reforms to enhance its operations and stimulate the economy.
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has declared that the fight against corruption is not a joke. Olukoyede made this statement while appearing on Channels Television’s programme, Politics Today.
He admitted that tackling corruption since assuming office in 2023 has been challenging, but the EFCC has introduced reforms to enhance its operations.
According to Olukoyede, “Upon the assumption of office in 2023, I sat with my team and we reviewed the activities of EFCC over the past 18 years… We must review certain areas of the operations of EFCC in order to fully achieve our mandate.”
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He added, “What we saw in our results in 2024 was the product of the reforms we introduced. We introduced some institutional reforms, reformed our processes, procedures, and came to the conclusion that this work of anti-corruption is not just about making noise, it’s about impact.”
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The EFCC boss emphasised that the fight against corruption is not just about making noise, but about making an impact.
He stated, “And one of the things we agreed was to use the instrumentality of this work to stimulate the economy, and if you follow the way we have been following our investigations, you will understand that is the path we have followed in the last one and a half years.”
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