Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), has created a Transaction Clearing Platform (TCP) for foreign investors to tackle the increasing menace of fraud in Nigeria and to make tourism fraud-free.
The Chairperson of the Commission, Mrs Farida Waziri, said in Abuja on Sunday that, the TCP will perform basic due diligence in respect of business proposals received by foreigners from Nigeria and confirm their authenticity.
“It will also host the authentic names and contact details of Nigerian institutions that scammers always impersonate and will within the week formally request Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) to furnish it with its relevant details which will be hosted in TCP,’’ she said.
Waziri, who had received NTDC’s Director-General Segun Runsewe, said the activities of fraudsters in the country had hampered business development and tourism.
She flayed the country’s mono economic policy which made oil the mainstay of the economy whereas many other countries have been able to develop their economies by harnessing their tourism resources.
“Nigeria is richly endowed with tourism and it should be developed to a level that it would serve as veritable alternative source of revenue but this can only be successful if the culture of fraud is eliminated,’’ she said.
Meanwhile, NTDC has embarked on a nationwide registration of hotels as part of security measures and make them crime-free and attractive to foreigners.
Runsewe said that the exercise was also meant for proper classification of the hotels and stop the use of the hospitality industry for crime.
Source African Press Agency
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