Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Ibrahim Magu , said that corruption is a major impediment to foreign direct investment into Nigeria, and so the anti-graft agency is going to be steadfast and committed in fighting it to the last.
In his statement;
“We are not shying away from the fight against corruption, it’s a disaster and we don’t need it in Nigeria,” .
During a courtesy visit by Udom Inoyo, Vice Chairman, ExxonMobil affiliate companies in Nigeria, to the EFCC Headquarters, Abuja, which took place yesterday April 19, 2018. Magu said “We will continue to work assiduously to ensure justice in the investment sector, in order to strengthen investors’ confidence in Nigeria,”
“so that investors will not lose sleep in investing in Nigeria”.
He furthermore said “for anybody out there to be encouraged to put money here, we have to ensure a corruption-free environment. We will not allow any form of injustice to happen in Nigeria, and recently President Muhammadu Buhari met with the Shell Group in London and the company is interested in investing $15 billion in Nigeria, this is encouraging,” he said.
He stressed that “investors must see changes in how business is done in Nigeria”, for them to be compelled to invest in the country, adding that a situation where some people want to “squeeze money from the multinationals would not be tolerated. We will work to ensure justice, and we will not allow anybody to use the EFCC to pursue personal vendetta, because we stand for justice, fairness and equity,” he said.
