The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it is ready to deploy technology-driven facilities and avenues to fight economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption.
Its Chairman, Olanipekun Olukoyede, announced this at the inauguration of an electronic learning management studio at the commission’s academy in Abuja.
Olukoyede said the studio would help to boost the intellectual strength of the commission’s workforce and promote distance learning.
Stressing the importance of technology in the fight against corruption, the EFCC chairman said the studio would add value to the productivity of its workers and help to develop the commission’s capacity.
“As you are all aware, our mandate is now technology-driven. In those days, you get to go to the bank. You fill vouchers, fill everything, collect your card, put it in your boot and drive home.
“But today, at the press of a button, you move money across the world.
“So, if they have advanced in the way they move money, we are also advancing in the way we checkmate them, and that is the essence of this project,” he said.
The Commandant of the EFCC Academy, Mrs. Chinwe Ndubeze, explained the concept of the e-learning studio.