The Mining Cadastre Workplace (MCO) and the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) have additional strengthened their partnership to advertise transparency, accountability and good governance in Nigeria’s mining sector.
Obadiah Simon Nkom, Director-Basic, MCO, paid a courtesy go to to Michael Wetkas, EFCC Zonal Director ACE 1 final week, Wednesday, to that impact.
The go to aimed to foster a strong partnership between the 2 organisations, leveraging their experience to fight financial and monetary crimes within the mining sector. Each events mentioned methods to reinforce cooperation in areas comparable to intelligence sharing and capability constructing.
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Nkom emphasised the significance of collaboration in making certain a safe and compliant working setting for stakeholders. Wetkas expressed his dedication to working intently with MCO to realize their shared objectives, praising MCO’s transparency and accountability.
The collaboration aligns with MCO’s efforts to reinforce its operations and companies, constructing on its successes in digitising mineral title administration and enhancing income technology. EFCC performs a crucial function in selling transparency and accountability in Nigeria’s financial system.
Wetkas highlighted the importance of the strong minerals ministry, citing Nigeria’s large mineral deposits. He emphasised EFCC’s readiness to collaborate with MCO to create sanity within the system.
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The assembly included a dialogue session the place crucial questions had been requested, and clarifications had been made. The MCO Director-Basic answered questions satisfactorily, and the EFCC Zonal Director concretised the collaboration with a present of publications.
In response, the MCO Director-Basic introduced a plaque and polo engraved with “Wealth away from oil,” which the EFCC Zonal Director wore in appreciation. The administration employees of each organisations welcomed the courtesy go to, which had been lengthy anticipated.
