As a gesture of immortalising a slain officer of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Aminu Sahabi Salisu, the anti-graft agency has named the administrative block of its academy in the Karu area of Abuja after him.
The EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, disclosed this in while addressing staff of the commission at the Annual Rewards and Recognition Ceremony in Abuja on Saturday, January 25, 2025.
Olukoyede said Salisu paid the supreme price in the service of the nation, stating that his memory should be kept alive.
He said: “We are saddened by the loss of our officer while on official assignment.
“He was a gallant officer and to this effect, the administrative block of the academy is hereby named after him.”
At the ceremony, 36 EFCC officers were rewarded in different categories.
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The categories include section with highest recovery, section with highest conviction, lawyer with highest conviction, best departmental staff, and best zonal directorate, staff of the year, among others.
Speaking on the winners of various rewards, the EFCC boss said: “I want to congratulate all the winners for their roles. I can only charge you all not to rest on our oars.
“Excellence is not about doing things right once in a while, it is about doing things right all the time.
“You need to continue to offer the best as the reward for hard work is more work.”
Olukoyede also disclosed that 900 EFCC officers had been promoted as well as the reinstatement of life and property insurance for staff.
He however warned EFCC officers against compromise of the core values of the commission, stressing that “the internal cleansing going on in the commission will spare no one.”
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