Tukur Baba of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, tasked NGOs and CSOs to work together in a” checkmating government circle on how things were done. “EFCC should stand firm to ensure that financial dealings are done lawfully based on Money Laundering Prohibition Act 2022 and other financial regulations,” he urged Earlier, the Guest Speaker Prof. Maccido identified EFCC as one of the agencies of the Federal Government that have continued to be respected following their commitment. He charged the NGOs to seek for the knowledge of their regulators on how they should operate and be subjected to registration. In his remarks, Alhaji Hassan Maccido, the State Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, assured of the state government’s commitment to ensure financial prudence between NGOs and Donor Agencies. He urged the public to be cautious and watchful about financial transactions as well as remain very much vigilant about who were their associates. “Since its establishment, the unit has cut across all sectors of the economy making sure that financial regulations were not truncated at whatever level of transaction,” he said. was established in 2005, to fight illicit financial transactions and other relevant financial crimes. He said that EFCC was in the state for development, adding that its Special Control Unit of Money Laundering (SCUML). In his address, Mr Aliyu Hassan, the EFCC Director, Sokoto Zonal Office, appreciated the coalition for collaborating with the commission toward addressing the prolonged challenges in financial transactions. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the workshop was organised in collaboration with the Coalition of CSOs in the state to ensure that financial transactions were done in a decent and sanitised manner. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sensitised Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Sokoto State on money laundering and illicit financial transactions in the state.
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