The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission [EFCC] have charged lawyers to always advise their clients and the general public adequately on the ills and consequences of financial and economic crime, as well as corruption.
The charge was given by the Zonal Head, South East zone of the EFCC, Johnson Babalola on when he received a delegation of the Enugu State chapter of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).
The Enugu chapter paid him a courtesy call at the Commission’s office at Independence Layout, Enugu.
“Go talk to your clients and let them know we have a job to do and a country to salvage from the stranglehold of corruption,” Babalola declared.
Similarly, the EFCC on September 27, 2016, organised a one day training for media practitioners in Abuja.
The program titled: EFCC Media Fight Against Corruption, is aimed at bringing the members of the fourth estate of the realm to the global new trends in reporting economic and financial crimes.
“Please, let’s join hands to make Nigeria a better place for all” This was the message of the Ag. Chairman of EFCC, Ibrahim Magu while pleading with journalists as he delivers a keynote address during a one day training session for journalists covering economic and financial crimes beat.
At the workshop
IREDIA, OTHERS URGE MEDIA PROFESSIONALS TO COLLABORATE WITH EFCC ON ANTI-GRAFT WAR
In another development, a former Director-General of the Nigeria Television Authority, NTA, Tonnie Iredia, has called on media professionals in Nigeria to collaborate with the EFCC, in the fight against corruption.
He said effective investigative journalism would enhance the activities of the EFCC, while also making members of the public to be better informed about the corruption war.
He stated this while presenting a paper titled ‘‘ELECTRONIC MEDIA AND INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM: NEW TRENDS AND OPPORTUNITIES “at a one-day capacity-building workshop organised by the EFCC for journalists in Abuja.
Iredia described the EFCC as Nigeria’s foremost institutional actor in the fight against corruption.
He stated that investigating journalism could also do a lot to correct the misconceptions about the activities of the Commission.
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