Kenny Okolugbo, media aide to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, has recommended President Bola Tinubu’s administration for its method to tackling corruption, saying the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee, EFCC, under Ola Olukoyede has demonstrated an unprecedented stage of focus and effectiveness.
Okolugbo spoke throughout an interview on TVC Information, praising Olukoyede’s efforts in combating monetary crimes, significantly round-tripping and cryptocurrency-related manipulation of the naira.
“Ola Olukoyede, chairman of the EFCC, has carried out rather a lot in combating these concerned in round-tripping and the bogus devaluation of the naira, particularly these utilizing cryptocurrency to distort the actual worth of the forex,” he mentioned.
He famous that the Fee’s actions have contributed to the relative stability of the naira and the development of the economic system.
Okolugbo argued that opposite to claims by the opposition, the present administration has made notable progress in anti-corruption efforts.
“We now have never had an EFCC that has been so centered like under President Tinubu. And President Tinubu was imagined to be the one allegedly corrupt,” he mentioned.
““I’m not attempting to denigrate President Buhari, however under him, who was imagined to be anti-corruption, we didn’t even fight corruption the best way it’s being fought now,” he added.
He cited the restoration of 753 homes by the EFCC and its position in producing internally generated income (IGR) for initiatives similar to the scholars’ mortgage fund and the cash-back scheme as proof of progress.
In accordance with him, the EFCC’s actions, together with deporting foreigners concerned in cybercrime and monitoring funds throughout ministries and businesses, have despatched a robust message that Nigeria is now not a haven for corruption.
Okolugbo additional burdened that plugging monetary leakages is important for financial progress and that the Tinubu administration deserves credit score for taking daring steps in that path.
He additionally lauded the federal government’s ongoing tax reforms, describing them as a sustainable path to nationwide growth.
“In these two areas — corruption and the economic system — I believe Tinubu has carried out fairly nicely.
“Whenever you take a look at the tax reforms, by the point they arrive into full impact and other people embrace them, they are going to turn out to be a serious supply of IGR,” he said.
