{"id":38956,"date":"2015-05-28T15:27:04","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T14:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=38956"},"modified":"2015-05-28T15:27:04","modified_gmt":"2015-05-28T14:27:04","slug":"efcc-says-jonathan-didnt-starve-the-agency-of-funds-denies-media-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/efcc-says-jonathan-didnt-starve-the-agency-of-funds-denies-media-report\/","title":{"rendered":"EFCC says Jonathan didnt starve the agency \u00a0of funds, denies media report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1432817747564_16496\" class=\"base-card-body\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1432817747564_16426\" class=\"msg-body inner  undoreset\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1432817747564_16495\" class=\"email-wrapped\">\n<div id=\"yiv8827561371\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1432817747564_16494\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1432817747564_16493\">The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday said its attention has been drawn to a report in The Sun newspaper of Tuesday, May 26, 2015, entitled, \u2018Jonathan Starved EFCC of Funds- Lamorde\u2019, in which the Executive Chairman of the Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde was quoted as indicting the out-going Jonathan administration of poor performance.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1432817747564_16528\">The Commission said it takes exception to the report \u201cwhich is pure fabrication by the author for reason best known to him\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson Uwujaren, Head, Media and Publicity, in a statement said \u201cIn the first place, Lamorde who is currently out of the country did not speak with the media and could not have made the comments attributed to him by The Sun newspapers.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe occasion that provided the basis for the false report by The Sun was a media briefing by Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, spokesperson of the EFCC, who addressed more than 40 journalists from over 30 media organizations at the Commission\u2019s monthly media briefing in Abuja on May 25, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt no time during the event did Uwujaren comment on the performance or lack of it, by the Jonathan administration let alone accusing it of poor performance or starving the Commission of funds\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The statement recalled that Uwujaren was only asked a question on the Commission\u2019s view on the focus which the in-coming Buhari administration places on the fight against corruption, to which he responded that the Commission, like most Nigerians who are bothered about the problem of corruption, welcomes the focus which he believes will further empower the EFCC in the pursuit of its mandate of fighting economic crimes and corruption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a great disservice to society when journalists fabricates and twist issues to serve motives that are not altruistic,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"base-card-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday said its attention has been drawn to a report in The Sun newspaper of Tuesday, May 26, 2015, entitled, \u2018Jonathan Starved EFCC&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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