The Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Fintiri, has said that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) should not be scrapped but rather strengthened for better efficiency.
This occurred in response to a Supreme Court petition filed by 16 state governors contesting the legitimacy of the EFCC’s enabling legislation.
In an interview on Channels TV’s Hard Copy program on Friday, Fintiri claimed, “For me, it is not the right time to abolish the EFCC, whether it was established rightly or wrongly. We need to make it work better. We need to remove the politics that sometimes leads to claims of witch-hunting.”
He also criticised the federal government’s custody of monies obtained from state fund misappropriation, calling it “a wrong practice.”
“I heard the Attorney General of Oyo State complaining after a court session that, even though funds are shared among the three tiers of government, federal, state, and local, the Federal Government often oversteps by questioning how states and local governments spend their money.
“Even when funds are appropriated, the federal government takes them into their treasury. I believe this practice should be discontinued,” he added.
Earlier, the Fintiri mentioned that he would decide whether to join the suit after reviewing it with his Attorney General.
