Chairman of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, Mr Ibrahim
Lamorde, said on Monday that women’s
involvement in organised financial crime
in the country had been statistically low,
the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
Lamorde said this in Abuja when he
declared open a one-day “Anti-
corruption Sensitisation Workshop for
Women Civil Society and Community-
Based Groups’’ in the North Central
zone.
Represented by the EFCC’s Director,
Planning and Statistics, Dr. David
Tukura, the chairman also said that
research had shown that fewer women
than men were involved in corrupt
practices in the country.
He said, “We have done a gender
analysis on crimes; in the area of
advanced fee fraud, economic
governance, money laundry, and all the
others.
“When we did the gender analysis, we
found out that men were tops. The index
showed ninety something per cent,
while women’s participation is as low as
less than five per cent.
“So, we find that the number of women
who are actually involved in economic
and financial crimes are low and we can
prove that statistically from our own
work.’’
Lamorde, therefore, urged women to
key into the fight against corruption and
financial crimes in the country.
He said, “We all agreed that corruption
undermines human development and
democracy, corruption reduces public
revenue, often resulting in lower levels
of spending on education, healthcare
and other social services.
“Women are more vulnerable to the
impact of corruption than men.’’
Lamorde said participants drawn from
the conclusion of the various zonal
workshops were expected to form a core
platform known as “Women Anti-
corruption Network’’.
He said that through such platform the
commission and other stakeholders
could interface with the public on the
issue of gender and corruption.
The theme of the workshop was, “How
Women’s Organisation Can Aid the
Fight against Corruption, Economic and
Financial Crimes.’’

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y wont it b low hw many female Governorz, senatorz,house of repz members,ministers and hw many females even participate in politics or hold top positionz in Nigeria .90% of diz positionz r all headed by men datz y dere involvement in financial crimes r low