The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, on Wednesday, said the commission would continue to use all forms of technology-driven facilities and avenues to fight economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption.
Olukoyede said if criminal elements have advanced in the way they go about their activities, the EFCC must also advance its operations to checkmate them.
A statement by the EFCC’s spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, noted that the EFCC chairman spoke at the inauguration of an electronic learning management studio at the commission’s academy in Abuja.
Olukoyede said, “As you are all aware, our mandate is now technology-driven. In those days, you get to go to the bank, fill out vouchers, fill everything, collect your card, put it in your boot and drive it home.
“But today, at the press of a button, you move money across the world. So, if they have advanced in the way they move money, we are also advancing in the way we checkmate them, and that is the essence of this project.”
Explaining the concept of an e-learning studio at the academy, Commandant, EFCC Academy, Chinwe Ndubeze, stated that the academy, in addition to its statutory capacity-building mandate for the EFCC workforce and staff of other law enforcement agencies, is the designated training Academy for NACIWA.
“The EFCC Academy is the designated training Academy for NACIWA, you will be delighted to be part of this beautiful event, wherein we are launching our E-Learning System because it is a demonstration that not just the EFCC but NACIWA is moving forward and not lagging with trends relating to the digital era,” she said.
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