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The ongoing fight against corruption by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will soon enter the
petroleum industry as all preliminary investigations have
been concluded, acting chairman of the commission,
Ibrahim Magu said on Monday.
He said towards strengthening the crusade, the anti-graft
agency plans to recruit additional 750 different cadre staff
this year that will add to the core work of the commission.
The EFCC boss revealed this when he appeared before the
House of Representatives financial crimes committee to
defend the 2016 budget proposal.
Magu was asked by Rep Razak Atunwa (APC, Kwara) on
whether the agency will go after the former minister of
Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke; Kola
Aluko; former Finance Minister Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
and some oil companies in its ongoing fight.
But he wasn't specific in his response, as he only replied
that "very soon, we will go into the petroleum industry."
On the EFCC's 2016 budget, Magu complained that a slash
to the commission's allocation of N1.60 billion may
undermine its ongoing operations.
He said the ministry of Budget and National Planning had
reduced the agency's overhead cost for 2016 from the
proposed N2, 999 billion to N1, 389 billion which could
affect corruption crusade.
Areas to be seriously affected, he said, are the
investigative activities, manpower development and
maintenance of logistics.
He urged the lawmakers to consider the approval of an
additional N500 million for the agency in order to aid its
operational activities "as more sectors of the economy
may likely come under investigative activities during the
year."