EFCC: Explore New Initiatives to Tackle Corruption, Bawa Charges Staff
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has charged management staff of the Commission to see themselves as critical stakeholders in the anti-corruption crusade, while exploring new initiatives to further galvanize the fight against economic and financial crimes in Nigeria.
Bawa gave the charge at a three-day Management Retreat of the Commission, in Lagos, with the theme: “Consolidating on Achievements for Enhanced Performance and Greater Impact”.
He said:” We are the leaders of this organization and we cannot expect angels to come down and help us.”
“Luckily, at the EFCC, we have our own Strategic Plan, so we need to go through and come up with ways we want to move the Commission to greater heights.”
“We need to re-strategies and build the system,” he said.
In his remarks, the Secretary to the Commission, Dr. George Ekpungu, said there was need, at every point in time, for an organization to evaluate its activities, with the hindsight of restrategising to advance its mission and vision.
According to him, “We have gathered here for the Retreat, in order to take stock of our activities in the past year across all our departments and operations, evaluate them, and come up with projections for the current year, while restrategising to achieve the set goals.”
Speaking on the topic, “Strategic Leadership: An Imperative for Optimum Organisational Performance”, Air Marshal Mohammad Garba Gumi ( rtd.), Directing Staff, National Institute for Security Studies, took participants through a critical thinking of the role leadership plays in the direction that an organization goes.
He described strategy as the balanced relationship among “ends, ways and means.”
In his presentation titled, “Leadership in the 21st Century and Organizational Performance”, Dr. Linus Okorie, a Leadership Development Consultant, provided down-to-earth practical examples to distill necessary leadership skills needed to help move the Commission forward.
According to him, the characteristics of a 21st Century leader include “being a change-maker; being a multiplier of talent among staff; a lover of values; a collaborator; a strategic thinker; a solution provider, and a networker.
Participants at the Retreat include Directors in the Commission, Unit Heads, and Zonal Commanders.
