Money Laundering for Naija: INTERPOL Don Expose Wetin Dey Happen
Di image resemble suitcase wey full with money, wey dey illustrate how money dey waka out of Naija every hour wey INTERPOL call Money Laundering for Naija.
Padi mi, if dem tell you say dollar dey waka commot from Naija like say dem get wing, you go believe? But na wetin INTERPOL don yarn be dat o! Di International Police Organisation wey sabi all di security waka for di world don expose how thousands of dollars dey fly out of Nigeria every hour, like say dem get visa for inside suitcase. You no go believe as e be say di thing dey happen every hour, no be joke o!
Oga Garba Baba Umar, wey be di INTERPOL Vice President for Africa, na him blow di whistle. Di man talk say di wahala no be small at all, say di thing don reach di level wey dem go need di hand of every security agency for Naija to join hand stop di matter. Di man yarn this tori when dem open one four-day workshop for Nigerian law enforcement agencies for EFCC Academy, Abuja on Monday. Di tori no sweet at all as e dey hot like pepper soup, because dem say money laundering don grow reach level wey e be like say na monster wey dem dey feed with chop every day.
Now, make I break down di tori for you. INTERPOL don waka enter front line with one new initiative wey dem call “Silver Notices Against Money Laundering.” Dis na dem new weapon to tackle di beast wey dem call money laundering, especially for Africa. Garba Baba Umar don give di people full gist say every hour, money dey waka commot from Naija, dey go different African countries and di world. Di money wey suppose help better our obodo Naija, dey waka enter di pocket of criminals wey no send anybody. Di kind yawa wey dey this mata na say di more dem dey succeed for this money laundering, di more our country dey suffer.
As di man yarn, every time dem launder criminal money, our financial institutions dey collect serious blow. E go mean more wahala for we wey dey hustle our daily bread; more drugs, more fraud, more corruption, and more gbege for our society. As you dey hear this tori, make you dey imagine how many innocent people go dey cry because of di katakata wey di criminals don cause. Di way dem dey do am, e be like film trick, but na serious matter wey dey affect everybody.
Dis workshop wey dem gather for Abuja na serious one o. Di theme na “Strengthening Capacity and Coordination Against Financial Crimes.” Di matter don big reach level wey di people wey dey fight crime for Naija go need regular training to sabi all di new tricks wey fraudsters dey bring out every day. Garba Baba Umar talk say di workshop go help dem re-examine di challenges wey dey for di fight against transnational crimes for di country. E say dem go use di opportunity take reassess dia strategy, because di wahala no be small matter at all. Na unity and collaboration go help us tackle dis problem, make we secure our people and even di global community.
Oga Ola Olukoyede wey be di Executive Chairman of EFCC also follow talk say di only way to fight dis corruption na make everybody join hand together. Na through collaboration, di wahala go reduce small. Di corruption wey dey Naija and di world no be small pikin, e get muscle like heavyweight champion. Di oga wey talk through di Director of Fraud Risk Assessment and Control of di EFCC, Francis Usani, mention say di nature of dis fight na serious one, and na only serious cooperation among all di stakeholders go fit bring dis monster down.
Oga Kazuyoshi Matsunaga, wey be di Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Naija, sef follow drop him own tori. Him talk say dis workshop na important initiative between Japan and Naija to fight financial crimes. Him explain say di way di world don globalize now, financial crime don become borderless, so international cooperation na di only way to tackle am. You see as di matter no be only Naija wahala? Di whole world dey suffer from dis palava, so everybody go need join hand together to defeat di enemies of progress.
Madam Hafsat Bakare, wey be di Director-General of Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), no miss her own chance to talk. She talk say na only strong coordination and capacity building go help us tackle financial crimes. She say di NFIU sabi well well say di criminal justice system dey interconnected, and organized crime plus cybercrime dey bring serious threat wey law enforcement agencies dey fight every day. Madam Bakare no dey joke o, she talk say na only when we dey serious with financial intelligence and financial analysis techniques, we go fit tackle dis economic crimes wey dey tear eye every day.
You don see as dis tori big reach? Naija no fit continue dey watch as our money dey fly waka like say e be bird. We must join hand together with INTERPOL and all di security agencies to stop dis money laundering wahala. Di Silver Notices wey dem don launch na serious step forward, but we go need di cooperation of everybody to make sure say di criminals no get way to enjoy di fruits of dia crime.
As you dey reason am, just imagine say every hour we dey lose hundreds of thousands of dollars, money wey fit build hospital, school, or even create jobs for di people. Di time don reach make we rise up, make we no allow di criminals dey carry our sweat dey build dia empire. As you dey waka go, make you dey think how you fit contribute small to di fight against corruption. Na di only way we go fit make Naija better for all of us.
My padi, di ball dey for our court. Make we no slack, make we no lose guard, because di criminals no go stop until we stand gidigba to block all dia moves. Di future of Naija dey our hand, and we go need everybody hand to secure am well well.
