Presidency Applauds EFCC for Outstanding Transformation

The Special Adviser to the President on Policy and Coordination and Head, Central Results Delivery Coordination Unit, Hadiza Bala Usman, has hailed the meteoric transformation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC , since inception to its upscale status as an anti-corruption agency.

She made the observation on Thursday, October 16, 2025 when she led a team of professionals to submit the Performance Charter of the Commission to the EFCC’s Executive Chairman, Ola Olukoyede at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. “You should all be proud of yourselves seeing your trajectory. Some of us have been observing the EFCC journey for a long time and I just want to say that collectively your staff and the organization should be very proud of what has been built in these years. Every day you visit EFCC you see how it has improved. Every day is an improvement time in the EFCC. I’m not sure there’s any organization that has grown in the way the EFCC has grown from 2000 to date. I don’t know anyone. This is just to say well done; keep up the good work you’re doing. We’re all very proud of you as Nigerians.”

On the performance indicators of the Commission, she explained that the Central Result Delivery Unit realized the EFCC Performance Charter through engagement with experts, who deployed the requisite knowledge, tools and technical support of Foreign Commonwealth Development Office, Partnership for Agile Governance and Climate Engagement FCDO, PACE, in the delivery of the document.

“They provided us with support in terms of the technical content of what we are presenting here to you. That’s why they are part of this team and they will contribute towards our submission. Mr. Chairman, sir, we have concluded the assignment. We have done the initial draft of the Performance Charter,” she said.

According to her, “This document outlines target baseline data measuring the organizational performance of EFCC periodically. So. there will be monthly, quarterly and annual performance derived from the units and departments within the organization. It is expected that this document will serve as a framework for monitoring and evaluating the performance of the Commission on its mandate as well as its local and international obligations. These deliverables are well aligned with the vision, mission, mandate, values and strategic objectives of the Commission.

“The Charter aims to strengthen transparency, accountability and informed decision making by the Commission in a manner that is consistent with the overall purpose and stakeholder expectations of the Commission. The performance metrics were set around domestic and global parameters for assessing organizations with similar responsibilities as EFCC worldwide. It is composed in a way that should enable the EFCC to be more focused on its mandate and set clarity on the performance expectations for each department, each unit, and its zonal offices. All of these are clearly defined within the KPIs for easy evaluation and tracking of their respective progress and contribution to the overall purpose of the Commission. So, primarily this is what the document sets out to do. We’ve done a lot of work across the different tiers of areas that will require these deliverables and measuring indicators. And the staff of the Commission will be able to avail themselves of what is expected of each unit.”

The last lap of the assignment will have to do with the validation of the Charter. “We needed to have a validation session on which basis we’re going to have engagement with the staff of the Commission for them to look at the content of what has been developed and for them to provide the necessary input that we need to complete the process.