Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa has restated that the commission is committed to partner more closely with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), especially in the areas of training and sharing of intelligence.
He stated this when he received the Commandant-General of the Corps, Ahmad Abubakar Audi at the commission's headquarter in Jabi, Abuja.
While promising to assist the NSCDC in the training of its officers, he expressed the commission's desire to have some of its officers trained by the NSCDC in their areas of core competence.
He said,
"There is need to have a liaison officer to curtail bureaucratic delays. In the areas of information sharing, we have to strengthen that. We don’t have offices across the federation but you do; you can share those information through a liaison officer. We request that such intelligence are shared.”
Thanking the NSCDC for their role in securing the commission's forfeited assets scattered all over the country, the EFCC boss hoped and prayed that the relationship will be maintained.
Speaking on why the NSCDC isn't a board member of the EFCC, he said that he doesn't know why, but they hope and pray that when the National Assembly decide to amend the EFCC Act, they will ensure that the NSCDC is among the board members.
Speaking, the Commandant-General, Dr. Audi expressed delight at the level of cooperation between his agency and the EFCC, stating that he had seen the synergy between the two, which prompted he to pay a visit to the EFCC.
Recalling the history of the Corps as an institution that was nurtured by nearly all the security organizations in the country, including the EFCC, the NSCDC boss expressed his desire to have the EFCC train his officers particularly in the area of prosecution.
He said the NSCDC, again all odds, has emerged as the elite agency for the protection of critical national assets.
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