16th November, 2023
The Nigeria Customs Service has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for continuously sustaining collaborative ties with various stakeholders in the anti- corruption fight.
This commendation was given on Wednesday, November 15, 2023 in Kaduna by Assistant Comptroller General of Customs, ACG I.Q Ogbudu who led a team of senior officers in the Customs Zone B Headquarters on a courtesy visit to the Kaduna Zonal Command of the EFCC.
Ogbudu said the synergy with the EFCC always encourages and promotes understanding on how best to render support to the Commission in the anti-graft crusade.
She explained that law enforcement agencies needed to be closely knitted “as a tree cannot make a forest.”
“Let’s work as a team in order to achieve our collective mandates,” Ogbudu added.
She also applauded the appointment of women as Zonal Commanders in the EFCC.
Responding, the Acting Zonal Commander, Kaduna Zonal Command, Assistant Commander of the EFCC, ACE I Aisha Abubakar welcomed the entourage and noted that the Nigeria Customs Service has always been supportive of the anti-corruption fight “because we have over the years carried out so many tasks together geared towards making our country a safe and habitable place”.
Aisha noted that there is still a lot to do as stakeholders working towards one purpose of supporting government to achieve its set goals and objectives.
She stressed that law enforcement agencies must always exhibit professionalism, integrity, handwork and collaboration in the course of carrying out their assignments.