Speaking through the commission’s spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, the EFCC boss, blamed its inability to tackle corruption on inadequate funding from the outgoing government.
According to Uwujaren, “we are happy that the incoming government is making the fight against corruption one of its cardinal objectives. Every Nigerian is happy about that. EFCC has been doing this for more than 11 years. We are proud of what the incoming administration wants to do.
“We need an administration that will look at what we are doing and empower us sufficiently to enable us make more impact than we have ever done in the past. We welcome the focus and we believe Nigeria needs to tackle this fight more rigorously for us to make the needed impact.”Uwujaren proudly listed series of achievements recorded by the agency in over 10 years of its existence, claiming significant progress had been made in the prosecution of former governors.
He said assets that belonged to some of ex-governors had been seized, while money running into billions of dollars had been recovered on behalf of the Nigerian government.
“It is important to recall some of the milestones achieved by the commission in the investigation, prosecution and recovery of assets of politically exposed persons, including ex-governors,” Uwujaren noted.He denied rumours that the EFCC was involvedin corruption in regards to seized assets and frozen accounts of suspects.
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72 comments:
God dey
No be him fault
SAI BUHARI,He will Expose dem all.No hiding place 4 d corrupt politician.dat is Tax payer's money.
Na wa
why is he saying it now? Its quite understandable dat he is is looking for favour from the incoming Buhari government.
I dont blame him."Jonathan bashing" is now the order of the day.
Northern agenda silly you
what do u need funds for EFCC ? dont you earn salaries? or do you need jet fighters to solve financial crime ?
why are you just informing him now that he is leaving
oh you want buhari to like you right
hausas and their northern agenda . no matter what you do you will still be below the south
hausas and their northern agenda . no matter what you do you will still be below the south
what do u need funds for ? what do u need to buy ? an Armour tank ? rubbish.
GEJ can still fire U ooooo.
Ubanagum
Billions of dollars were recovered? and your organization lacks funds?? i'm confused! so egbon who dey chop all the billions? i'm still confused oooh!
GEJ is the head of all scammers so its expected. The last 4 years have been majorly devoted to the arrest of yahoo boiz. No indictment of major politicians
STory for d God's. U EFCC should locate Obasanjo ur thief founder . Thieves !!!
Everybody is now doing eye service and good face to gain from the incoming government.
We know all your atrocities. We need a no nonsense retired General who worked with military intelligent to handle this agency. The staff of EFCC who are corrupt would sing a new song.Tim28
You didn't cry out since until today. Bunch of psychos. Do they think Buhari will spare them by this?
Why must you waıt tıll now b4 makıng ds complaın...
Hhahahaha. Even me na Jonatan deprived me of fund that is why i did not get married since last 8 years. Lamorde, you are thief. Jonathan don suffer.
He should go and sit down plzzzz!!!
Why justifying himself with all of this sermon. The EFCC isn't doing their job . They re only performing their jobs on d poor masses
Fund? You're totally incompetent
Too many hidden things r abt to come out to d open. Hmmmm...
Too many hidden things r abt to come out to d open. Hmmmm...
Good
Go and sit down sir! EFCC has always be corrupt! Keep dreaming,and don't get your ass off that seat to start work,be waiting for Buhari. You might even be the first he'll kick your sorry ass off! Every failure keeps blaming GEJ! Mshteeeew
We know but if u had gone ahead to resign based on dis, u would have being credible enough to b listened to.U r trying to cut favour and sympathy for urself, U can't b saying dis days to handover when u where part of d government all through.We now ur shallow performance was a reflection of d shallow and weak government u worked under we all know dat, but in situations like dis cause of crediblity,intergritu and d future, u would have resigned
They're speaking against GEJ now.. Politics 4u.
Who be us? Everything now will be blamed on Jonathan. Oga there is something called resignation the fact that you stayed on means that you where comfortable. Please don't come and start complaining now. I hope u know u have a space in the bus heading to otuoeke? Yeye somebody
JESUS!!!
Front stabbing idiots.you didn't speak since o.while I'm a GMB fan,I hope GEJ will quickly sack you today for this.
Everyone Trying to protect their head bfr Buhari enter. Anyway, e is sendIng u lot packing
Gerarahia
Nigga keep talking iyeh??? You never complained about poor funding till date.
All these wolves
You think buari will retain you??
GEJ really had no friends
They are All criminals he protected at the expense of nigerians. Take heart
Not surprising; it's only to enforce an undeserving Wike on the people of Rivers state that he is good at. Slow motion president.
Liar!!!! Where is all the money and fines you took from offenders openly and secretly.... Your agency is more corrupt than corruption...
Shut d fuck up....all of u r thieves ndi ara
Shut d fuck up....all of u r thieves ndi ara
See criminal that can't even arrest a single politician is here talking about money na only boiz way dey street una eye d open come and take.... Well sha una case na close 1 cos d new govt will dissolve u ppl...
I hope they get better funding from the incoming government but they are still going to mismanaged it
Idiets.
Classical case of Romancing the new bride. Would Lamorde have said this if Gej won the March 28 election?
This is an obvious propaganda to retain him in the new govt. It wnt work... they shld all b flushed out...lamorde is the weakest leader ever. He shld step down
Mr chairman u no try at all.since all dis yrs u refuse to say a word.now dat mr president is preparing his handover u are now complaning of insurficient funds.watch ur back its not late u can stil b sacked
Is that why u keep chasing yahoo guys up and down, ur organization is most useless one
Funds that you people will use to catch petty criminals or the main ones 'sigh' I will applaud you people when you start doing your job well and not feeding us with poor performances #onelovefromsnow#
WEN LAST DID EFCC WRKD??THUMBS UP TO NUHU ALWYS...TOMJERRYSWIT
Story teller.
Nw anybdy can say anytn cos d man is leavn...smh...tchewww
good morning and you are going of the office and if you don´t take care you will end up in kirikiri.since 6yrs jona has been the C&C u have never complain of that now u have 3 days to go u are talking bulshit.do u know that jona can still sack u ?idoit
Good luck is leaving office..its now this mans mouth wants to open and claim its lack of funds is the reason why they were ineffective for 6yrs but they received their salaries through out this period...EFCC didn't try to initiate any arrest through out this period but they knew the corrupt officials.its not funds that's used to arrest when it comes to prosecuting i would understand...the numerous yahoo boys that EFCC arrested Jonathan gave them funds to pursue them...bull crap
Ok
please your time is up pack your bags and leave, its now so easy for you guys to keep blaming jonathan because his administration is winding down in a few days, what stopped you from shouting all these while that you cant perform because you dont have the funds to do so? Beside which of the corrupt people did you either apprehend or pencil down for arrest?
These are all lousy and frivolous claims but sorry no need for that as its already too late.
Please in your best interest, quietly pack your bagas and leave ASAP as the change will so sweep you aside.
Corrupt peopl.
Tis man is funny. U are done shaa.
Exactly.
But guys read the story as presented by Linda. No complaints was made concerning poor funding or indicting the Jona Administration. Shame on the Sun newspapers for unprofessional reporting.
why now?
Story for the gods. Linda take note!
Story for the gods. Linda take note!
Jonathan yansh opening will start on monday. Larmode is a fool. Why did he not speak up before now.
What has northern agenda got to do with the article. Tribalistic chinch!!
If u need to make a comment, make a constructive one...
Y didn't he voice out all dis while??? Dis is wht I call wolf in sheep clothing.
He should take responsiblity for their poor performance instead of throwing blame.
So u think the billions recovered will be spent by the commission? Is it their money? u are very confused. True!
Olumide you again.!. You have come with your stupid and unintelligent posts.
Have said it very early
EFCC STATEMENT
Jonathan Did Not Starve EFCC of Funds
The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has been drawn to a report in The Sun newspaper of Tuesday, May 26, 2015, entitled, Jonathan Starved EFCC of Funds- Lamorde, in which the Executive Chairman of the Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde was quoted as indicting the out-going Jonathan administration of poor performance. The Commission takes exception to this report which is pure fabrication by the author for reason best known to him.
In the first place, Lamorde who is currently out of the country did not speak with the media and could not have made the comments attributed to him by The Sun newspapers.
The occasion that provided the basis for the false report by The Sun was a media briefing by Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, spokesperson of the EFCC, who addressed more than 40 journalists from over 30 media organizations at the Commission’s monthly media briefing in Abuja on May 25, 2015.
At no time during the event did Uwujaren comment on the performance or lack of it, by the Jonathan administration let alone accusing it of poor performance or starving the Commission of funds.
He was only asked a question on the Commission’s view on the focus which the in-coming Buhari administration places on the fight against corruption, to which he responded that the Commission, like most Nigerians who are bothered about the problem of corruption, welcomes the focus which he believes will further empower the EFCC in the pursuit of its mandate of fighting economic crimes and corruption.
It is a great disservice to society when journalists fabricates and twist issues to serve motives that are not altruistic.
oh so now you can talk! I don't know what to believe, the top guys in EFCC should be revealed of their duties, or moved to another security unit including Lamorde
EFCC STATEMENT
Jonathan Did Not Starve EFCC of Funds
The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has been drawn to a report in The Sun newspaper of Tuesday, May 26, 2015, entitled, Jonathan Starved EFCC of Funds- Lamorde, in which the Executive Chairman of the Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde was quoted as indicting the out-going Jonathan administration of poor performance. The Commission takes exception to this report which is pure fabrication by the author for reason best known to him.
The occasion that provided the basis for the false report by The Sun was a media briefing by Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, spokesperson of the EFCC, who addressed more than 40 journalists from over 30 media organizations at the Commission’s monthly media briefing in Abuja on May 25, 2015.
At no time during the event did Uwujaren comment on the performance or lack of it, by the Jonathan administration let alone accusing it of poor performance or starving the Commission of funds.
He was only asked a question on the Commission’s view on the focus which the in-coming Buhari administration places on the fight against corruption, to which he responded that the Commission, like most Nigerians who are bothered about the problem of corruption, welcomes the focus which he believes will further empower the EFCC in the pursuit of its mandate of fighting economic crimes and corruption.
It is a great disservice to society when journalists fabricates and twist issues to serve motives that are not altruistic.
You want a genuine political and economic report and you go for sun news paper. Then you're sick. They should rather be advertising Aso Ebi and cowbell milk. Fuck sun magazine!
SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAARAP WHY ARE YOU TALKING NOW?
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