DAKAR (TrustLaw) - The head of Nigeria’s main anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has appealed for additional funds to back the agency’s efforts to fight corruption, the Guardian newspaper in Nigeria reported on Monday.
Ibrahim Lamorde said 10.9 billion naira ($67.6 million) budgetary allocation for the EFCC did not cover important aspects of the agency’s work including life insurance for its officers, forensic laboratory facilities and legal services.
“The attention of the whole nation is on the EFCC to rise to the challenge of curbing corrupt practices in our midst,” Lamorde said. “But we need to be funded adequately to do this,” he added.
He was speaking at a presentation of the EFFC budget before the West African nation’s house of representatives.
Nigeria is Africa's biggest oil exporter. But years of military dictatorship, corruption, political instability and weak governance have resulted in inadequate investment in infrastructure and basic services, leaving most Nigerians impoverished.
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