The Federal Government has lamented that the exportation of corruption by some Nigerians was tainting Nigeria’s international image and depriving it of much-needed foreign investments.
It said that the development was making external business colleagues doubt the “sincerity” of those they were relating to in Nigeria.
Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, said this during the inauguration of the Governing Board of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja.
The AbdulRasheed Bawa-led board has George Abang Ekpungu of the Ministry of Justice as Secretary and Luqman Muhammad, Anumba Adaeze, Kola Raheem Adesina, and Yahaya Muhammad as members.
Institutional representatives are Haruna Koko, Department of State Services; Reginald Chukwudi Karawusa, Security and Exchange Commission; Pius Agboola, National Insurance Commission; Salisu Abdu, Nigeria Communication Commission; Nwakaego Nwajei, Nigerian Postal Service; Justine Nadiya, Corporate Affairs Commission, and U. Mohammed, Nigeria Customs Services.
Other institutional representatives are Muhammed Muhammed, Nigeria Immigration Services; Umar Sanda, Nigeria Police Force; Emmanuel Naman, National Intelligence Agency; Ibrahim Abdul, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency; Gabriel Christopher, Federal Ministry of Finance; Adamu Shaibu, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Jeremiah Abuse, Central Bank of Nigeria; and Galadima Gana, Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Mustapha charged the EFCC to also take up the responsibility of redeeming the nation’s image by extending its activities beyond the shores of Nigeria.
