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Lamorde Takes
Over at EFCC…Promises to Tackle Institution’s weaknesses
Newsdiaryonline Mon Nov
28,2011
Mrs Waziri handing over to Lamorde today
Five days after he
was named acting chairman of
Nigeria
’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC by President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. Ibrahim
Lamorde today formally assumed office.
At a brief
handover ceremony at the agency’s head office in
Abuja, and witnessed by senior
management staff of the agency, former Chairman of the
Commission, Mrs. Farida Waziri passed the baton of leadership to
the incumbent by presenting him with her handover notes .
It was a reversal
of role of sorts considering that, in 2008, Lamorde was the one
that handed the reins of the Commission over to Waziri. “Some
three and half years ago, Mrs. Waziri and I met in a very
similar circumstance. It has been God’s will that I should be
the one to receive handover notes from her, the same way she
received from me in June 2008”, Lamorde stated in his
remarks after receiving the handover notes.
He thanked Mrs.
Waziri for her contributions to EFCC and wished her well in her
future endeavours.
The new EFCC boss
promised to take the EFCC to a new level by consolidating its
strengths and achievements, while seeking to improve identified
institutional weaknesses. “In the last eight years, I have been
uniquely placed as a participant and observer in the birth and
nurture of this Commission and, … while seeking to improve on
whatever institutional weaknesses there may be, I will leverage
on the abundant skills and experience in the Commission and the
immense goodwill of Nigerians to move EFCC to a new level”, he
said.
Lamorde said his
appointment signals the emergence of a new phase in the life of
the commission, adding that he would be making, “ far more
demand for professionalism, integrity and ethical conduct than
had ever been made of each and every one of us and I will not
accept any excuse whatsoever for failure”.
Earlier, Mrs.
Waziri had summed the highlights of her three and half years
stint as Chairman of EFCC to include: the launch of a citizens
based Anti-Corruption Revolution Campaign ANCHOR; Institution of
75 high profile cases in courts; Securing 450 convictions and
Making recoveries in excess of $9 billion.
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Tasks EFCC Staff Over New Challenges
Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde on Monday,
November 28th, 2011, charged all staff of the Commission
to brace up for
fresh and greater
challenges in the arduous task of combating graft . He gave this
charge at the handover ceremony which held at the corporate
headquarters of the Commission in Abuja
.
According to him, staff of the Commission would be
required to acquit
themselves more on professionalism, integrity and ethical
conduct.
“The challenges that stare us in the face are enormous and I
want to solicit the
support of everyone in the discharge of the onerous task thrust
on my shoulders by Mr.
President. I will
be making more demand of every
staff of EFCC, far more demand of professionalism, integrity and
ethical conduct than had
ever been made of each and every one of us and I will
not accept any excuse
whatsoever for failure”, he said.
He commended the out gone
Chairman of the EFCC, Mrs. Farida Waziri for
contributing her own
quota to building the EFCC.
He promised to make public his plans and programmes for
the anti-corruption fight as soon as possible.
In her remark, former
EFCC Chairman, Mrs Farida Waziri itemized some of
her achievements to
include building an institution that will stand the
test of time and
properly motivating staff and encouraging Nigerians to
take ownership of the
fight against corruption.
She expressed delight with the upgrade of the Training
and Research Institute and the commencement of work at the EFCC
permanent office complex in Abuja .
The former Chairman affirmed the credibility and competence of
the new Chairman and expressed confidence that the Commission
will continue to fulfill the expectations of Nigerians in the
fight against economic and financial crimes.
The handover ceremony was attended by the Secretary to the
Commission, Mr. Emmanuel Akomaye; Directors and Heads of Unit of
the EFCC Wilson
Uwujaren Media &
Publicity Unit.
For the Record:Full text of
Lamorde's speech today
REMARKS AT THE OFFICIAL
HANDOVER CEREMONY OF
MRS.
FARIDA WAZIRI,
FORMER EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
TO
MR. IBRAHIM
LAMORDE
ACTING
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, EFCC
Some three and half years ago, Mrs. Waziri
and I met in a very similar circumstance.
It has been God’s will that I should be the one to
receive handover notes from her, the same way she received from
me in June 2008.
She accepted the call to national service;
she came, she saw and she has contributed her own quota to
building the EFCC.
However, President Goodluck Jonathan has tasked me to take it
from this point.
Madam, I want to wish you the very best in
your future endeavours.
In
the last eight years, I have been uniquely placed as participant
and observer in the birth and nurture of this Commission and I
have benefited from working with you over the years; I will draw
from your strengths while seeking to improve on whatever
institutional weaknesses there may be, to build on your
achievements and those of your predecessor.
I will leverage the abundant skills and experience in the
Commission and the immense goodwill of Nigerians to move EFCC to
a new level.
As this ceremony ends, we enter a new phase
in the life of the Commission.
The challenges that stare us in the face are enormous and
I want to solicit the support of everyone in the discharge of
the onerous task thrust on my shoulders by Mr. President.
I will be making more demand of every staff
of EFCC, far more demand of professionalism, integrity and
ethical conduct than had ever been made of each and every one of
us, and I will not accept any excuse whatsoever for failure.
Let us get back to work!
I thank you all.
IBRAHIM
LAMORDE
Ag. Executive Chairman
28/11/11
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This is the document referred to in the Witness
Statement on Oath of Clifford O. Kokogho as
“Exhibit
COK.2”
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