Those who defraud the federal government through its social investment programmes will now have to contend with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, its acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu, has announced.
In Maiduguri, Borno State, he reiterated the resolve of the anti-corruption agency, to ensure transparency and honesty in the implementation of the ideals behind the creation of the National Social Investment Programme, N-SIP in the North-East.
\u201cThere are complaints across board\u00a0of\u00a0the beneficiaries collecting monies,\u00a0while others are using proxy companies to siphon public funds, and this will not be tolerated,\u201d\u00a0he said.
Magu, who spoke through the Head, EFCC Maiduguri Zonal Office, Lawrence Iwodi, at the 14th Situation Room, according to s statement by the agency’s spokesman, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, also urged N-SIP beneficiaries to report any person(s) engaging in fraudulently activities through the program.
\u201cThe\u00a0public is hereby warned to desist from\u00a0fraudulent\u00a0acts, as the EFCC will not relent in carrying out a proper investigation and likely prosecution of offenders in the area of school feeding and other programmes of N-SIP,\u201d\u00a0he said.
He further urged Nigerians to embrace the Federal Government\u2019s whistle-blower policy, stressing that \u201cbeneficiaries should endeavor to provide us with information on fraudulent activities currently happening across the states, especially the school feeding programme.\u201d
Speaking at the event, which had as its theme,\u00a0\u201cIncreasing Transparency and Participation in the Implementation of the Social Investments Programme\u201d, the keynote speaker,\u00a0Maryam Uwais,\u00a0Special Adviser,\u00a0Social Investments Programme, noted the resolve of the N-SIP to partner with the EFCC.
\u201cThe N-Sip is collaborating with the EFCC on investigating and prosecuting of all cases relating to financial fraud on our programmes,\u201d Mr. Sola Afolayan, who represented Uwais, said.
Chairman of the occasion,\u00a0Prof. Sadiq Isa Radda,\u00a0and the Director\u00a0General\u00a0of National Orientation Agency,\u00a0Garba Abari, appreciated\u00a0the effort of the EFCC in the fight against\u00a0corruption and the achievement so far made by the Commission.
There were also representatives from the Nigeria Labour Congress, the National Union of Teachers, Technical Unit on Governance and Anti-Corruption, MacArthur Foundation, and Religious bodies.
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