The Director General of the National Productivity Centre, Dr Baffa Babba Danagundi, has charged State Coordinators of the agency to become anti-corruption Ambassadors by reporting any information on corruption to the nearest EFCC office.
The Director General made the call after a working visit to the Chairman of the Economic Financial and Crimes Commission Olanipekun Olukoyede at his office, where the Chairman appointed him as Anti Corruption Ambassador.
“By this appointment, I saw it necessary to call on all the NPC state coordinators and staff to fight corruption at all level and that’s why I’m charging state coordinators to serve as anti corruption Ambassadors in their respective states. This is a serious challenge to expose corruption. We must do the needful by not disappointing this trust bestowed on us. ” Danagundi said
On his part, The Chairman of the EFCC Mr. Olanipekun Olukoyede who noted Dangundi’s antecedent and track record in the fight against corruption when he was Managing Director of Kano Consumer Protection Agency and KAROTA said that it is necessary to appoint his likes as anti corruption Ambassador. He will use his experience in helping the EFCC in its anti corruption fight.
“I have seen how you arrested and seized expired drugs and food items during your tenure. It was in the news that we needed people like you so that we could come together to fight this menace called corruption. It is doing more harm to us.”