Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked the head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), a spokesman said on Wednesday, giving no reason.
The president “approved the appointment of Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde as the Acting Chairman/Chief Executive of the … EFCC,” a statement from presidential spokesman Reuben Abati said.
“The appointment takes immediate effect, and effectively relieves Mrs. Farida Waziri of her position as EFCC Chairman.”
Lamorde was director of operations of the EFCC before this.
The EFCC, law enforcement agency with powers of arrest that investigates crimes such as fraud, money laundering and corruption, was set up by in 2003, partly in response to international pressure to tackle endemic graft.
But human rights groups and diplomats have criticised it for failing to bring any senior politicians to justice, despite a string of high profile arrests.
Jonathan has been criticised along with his predecessors for doing too little to tackle endemic corruption in Africa’s most populous nation. Graft is the number one gripe of most Nigerians and foreign investors say it is their main reason for steering clear of Africa’s second biggest economy.
“Corruption not only saps the confidence in people in government, it also discourages both national and foreign investment and I think it’s a problem Nigeria needs to tackle more aggressively,” U.S. ambassador to Nigeria Terence McCulley told Reuters last week.
Jonathan has made ambitious plans for reforms, which include a sovereign wealth fund, fuel subsidy removal and privatisation of power, but implementation has been slow.
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Its very gud 4 her 2 b sak b/c she is too arogant.and existence of efcc is useles as most of all suspects goes free even if they knew he or she has bin guilty of d ofence esp.if d person was in high position.pls new chairman shuld take corection. Thanks.
RESPECTED SIR,
COMPLAIN FROM INDIA
I AM MONICA SHARMA FROM INDIA. MR. EMEKA ONWUKA MANAGING DIRECTOR OF DIAMOND BANK PLC LAGOS NIGERIA.TEL:+2348060998559.
MR. EMEKA ONWUKA FRAUD AND
BLACK-MAILING WITH ME.
MR. EMEKA ONWUKA SENT ME
E-MAIL AND ASK ME IF YOU
WANT YOUR LOTTERY PRIZE THEN
SEND ME ALL REQUIRED FOREIGN
TAX. WHERE I HAVE ALREADY
PAID HIM 26, 83, 950. INDIAN
RUPEES. THROUGH ICICI BANK
(PUNJAB) INDIA. TO VERIOUS ICICI
ACCOUNT’S AT MUMBAI. AS PER
MR. EMEKA ONWUKA INSTRCUTION.
BUT HE DID NOT PAY A SINGLE
PENY TO ME. I HAVE EVERY PROOF’S
ICICI BANK SLIP’S AND DOCUMENT’S
ALSO. MR. EMEKA ONWUKA FRAUD
WITH THE INDIAN GIRL.
SIR PLEASE HELP ME. IT IS
MY HUMBLE REQUEST TO SOLVE
MY PROBLEM. I AM TRUST IN
YOUR GOVERNMENT. THANKS.
THANKING YOU
MONICA SHARMA
ms. waziri, ask for and got 350 twice from me so she could send me my funds.
but she is not the only one who has done this to me, your highest leader did the same and will not let my funds come to me.
armando reyes