The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has concluded a capacity building programme for Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC).

The 52-day training programme is in line with the existing collaboration between the NDIC and the EFCC towards enhancing the capacity of the EFCC’s staff.

Among the 58 participants that attended the training programme, 52 were drawn from EFCC while six came from ICPC.

According to H. S. Birchi, Head of Communication and Public Affairs at NDIC, the training programme was structured into six courses: Accounting for Non Accountants; Foreign Exchange Investigation; Tracing and Tracking of Suspicious Transactions; Financial and Banking Regulations; Auditing and Investigation Fundamentals; and Financial Analysis.

Out of the 48 paper facilitators for the capacity building programme, 37 were from NDIC while the other 11 were Subject Matter Experts from financial system Regulators, Operators and Practitioners.

The training programme was residential and took place at the EFCC Academy, Karu, Abuja. It commenced on Monday, August 22, 2016 and was concluded on Wednesday, November 30, 2016.

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