The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Nigerian Air Force Institute of Technology, NAIT, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on specialized training.
The signing ceremony took place yesterday, 26 January, 2022, at the Commission’s Headquarters in Jabi, Abuja.
TheFact Nigeria gathers that, according to the Commission’s chief, Abdulrasheed Bawa, the training would focus on cybercrime and digital forensics, which are centered on areas of the Commission’s core competence.
“I am quite elated to observe in the MOU, that the areas of your interest are actually the areas we thrive in, issues of cybercrime, issues of forensic accounting, issues of digital forensics; we are willing to collaborate with you and, God willing, our country will be better for it,” Bawa said.
While urging the Commandant of NAIT and Nigerians to report cases of economic and financial crimes, Bawa assured that the Commission will do its best in ridding the country of economic and financial crimes.
The Commandant of NAIT, Air Vice Marshal M. A Yakubu, in his remarks, appreciated the EFCC for the privilege of signing the MoU, adding that the arrangement will be beneficial to the institute.
“I am delighted because this area of partnership we are going into is going to help us significantly. We have a huge infrastructure and equipment deficit and the only way to meet this deficit is to collaborate with institutions that have the capacity and the competencies and EFCC being of these key organizations, we felt it will be in our interest to collaborate”, Yakubu said.
Yakubu further expressed hopes of leveraging on the anti-graft agency’s “highly qualified manpower”, in order “to have reputable people who are working here to be visiting lecturers in our institution”.
He also hoped to have thier students use the Commission’s facilities as part of their training program, as it would go a long way in making up for their (NAIT’s) lack of those facilities in thier institution.
