The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has uncovered a religious organisation laundering money for terrorists wreaking havocs in the country. The chairman…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has uncovered a religious organisation laundering money for terrorists wreaking havocs in the country.
The one-day event was aimed at addressing the challenges of youth involvement in cybercrimes and how religion could be used for their reorientation.
The theme, which also featured the launch of the Interfaith Preaching and Teaching Manual developed by the Interfaith Anti-Corruption Advisory Committee of the Commission, was to instigate abhorrence for corruption among adherents of Islam and Christianity.
Olukoyede stated, “We will not give up on recovering the stolen funds. It is so sad that as I stand before the eminent audience today, that our experience in fighting corruption has to do with the religious leaders and even traditional rulers.
Also, he revealed that since he assumed office about three months ago, the anti-graft commission had secured 747 convictions, but over 60 per cent of the convictions were cybercrime cases.
“To our faith leaders, my appeal is that those who lead our society from churches and mosques should develop messages that glorify industry, hard work, probity and contentment over riches, irrespective of how it was made.”
He said the tool, a Fraud Risk Assessment Project, is meant to assist government agencies to address systemic vulnerabilities at the personal, institutional and environmental levels.
“When fully deployed, it will save the nation billions of Naira in stolen wealth, time and resources spent in investigating grand corruption cases.
“The project is intended to commence, in the first instance, with 20 extremely vulnerable agencies of government.
“We believe that with the support of the government and the cooperation of the leadership of the selected agencies, we will be able to drastically close the space for brazen graft in the public sector,” he said.
The anti-graft agency’s Fraud Risk Assessment Prevention and Control Project for Ministries, Departments and Agencies was also inaugurated during the event.
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