The EFCC has urged strong collaboration with the media in efforts to combat corruption, particularly money laundering.
The Guardian reported that in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, its spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, quoted its Executive Chairman, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa to have made the call in Sokoto.
It happened at a workshop for journalists in northwest Nigeria on “Effective Reporting of Economic and Financial Crimes.”
Bawa was represented during the workshop by the EFCC’s Sokoto Zonal Commander, Mr. Aliyu Yunusa, according to Uwujaren.
“The media should investigate budget performance through planned monitoring and reporting, as well as through exposing project failures, contract terminations, project delays, and subpar project execution.
“Budget tracking is one method of achieving this. annual budgets of governments at all levels are announced.”
He added that although institutions have their own budgets, as well as elected officials for the people they represent. He emphasized that the media should start posing questions about budget performance through deliberate monitoring and reporting.
He also reminded the workshop attendees of their sacred duty as media professionals to call attention to social injustices.
In order to expose fraudulent actions in both the public and commercial sectors, he urged the media to devote more time, effort, devotion, and professional strength.
He explained that the workshop was one of the EFCC’s modest attempts to foster cooperation, mutual understanding, and friendly connections with media professionals.
