The Headquarters Operations Department of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Saturday, January 13, 2024, held its 2023 Annual Award with Mamman Abdulahi emerging as the Most Outstanding Officer of the Year.
At an impressive ceremony that saw investigators at the Headquarters Operations department glowing in satisfaction for an impactful year, the Advance Fee Fraud Section, AFF, stole the day by clinching two different Awards as the Section with the highest number of convictions and the Section with the highest number of cases sent to Legal & Prosecution Department.
Speaking at the occasion, Executive Chairman of the Commission, Ola Olukoyede, represented by the Secretary to the Commission, Muhammad Hammanjoda said the Commission was proud of its core values of professionalism, courage, integrity and collaboration, stressing that hard work and dedication to duty are expected from every officer.
"The Executive Chairman is willing and supportive of every department in whatever it takes to succeed with its operations. This Award ceremony is part of the cardinals we have in our policies because awards are very important in recognizing and celebrating achievements, I congratulate the Department of Operations for this initiative and we hope other departments will also follow suit”, he said.
Director of Operations, Abdulkarim Chukkol appreciated the Head of Operations at the Headquarters for the wonderful initiative, urging the awardees to keep up the good work. He further stressed that in achieving the Commission’s mandate everybody and all departments are relevant and needed.
Other individual awardees are, Assistant Superintendent of the EFCC, ASE I Ogunjobi Olalekan as the Most Outstanding Investigator in Emerging Technologies, Chief Superintendent of the EFCC, CSE Olarenwaju Adeola as the Prosecutor with the highest conviction in the year under review, while the award of Most Consistent Officer in Discharge of Duties was bagged by Detective Assistant, DA III Gambo Talatu. Other awardees that shone brightly at the occasion are: Igbinomwanhia Osayomwanbo, Officer Excellent in Accountability and Professional Ethics, Fave Samuel Ismaila, Officer with Excellence in Cross Departmental Collaboration and Salisu Mohammed, Most Outstanding and Innovative Security Officer.
In the same vein, the Extractive Industry Fraud Section won the award for highest monetary recoveries, the Economic Governance II Section clinched the award of Section with the highest asset recovery (Real Estate), the Tax Fraud Section lifted the award of highest recoveries with impact on national economy while the P&ID Investigation Team comprising CSP Babangida Usein, ACE11 Iheanacho Ekele and ACE11 Abba Mohammed bagged two Awards: Excellent Investigators across borders and Excellent Prosecutors across borders.
Direction of Legal and Prosecution, Tahir Slyvanus, SAN, in his reaction, says that, giving recognition to those who deserve it is a way of encouragement. “I believe that excellence comes with hard work. Being recognized in an organization like ours given the nature of work we are doing is quite commendable”, he said. He charged officers never to relent in doing the good work, saying that reward always comes, either in the short or long run.
Earlier in his opening remark, Acting Head of Operations, Assistant Commander of the EFCC, ACE I Ibrahim Idris said that the EFCC should be seen as one body because no department can function on its own. He disclosed that the 2023 HQ Operations extended its recognition to other individuals and departments outside the department in order to recognize and appreciate officers whose hard work and dedication to duty impacted the overall success of the Commission in 2023 " I wish to use this opportunity to recognize our officers that are not present, whether you are among the nominees or not, your collective efforts have contributed to our success”, he said
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January 18. 2024