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NIPC and the Challenge of Public Service - The Yewande Sadiku Metaphor

Sep 13, 2021   •   by Proshare Research   •   Source: Proshare   •   eye-icon 82 views

In August 2021, Sadiku was called to the (EFCC) offices to answer questions about her management of the NIPC. The request for Sadiku to make herself available for questioning was not inappropriate, but the summons wilted in the light of an inquisition over allegations of corruption. 

The surprise here was that Sadiku is an investment banker with over two decades of experience tucked in her pretty professional purse; she is more than comfortable enough not to be tempted by petty corruption. Indeed, when Sadiku assumed office as the head of the NIPC, she made a clear case for openness and transparency and demonstrated this with the regularly, proactively publishing financial, procurement, legal and operational reports as part of its commitment to freedom of information and by ensuring that the NIPC regularly published its transfers to the national consolidated revenue fund (CRF). She believed that if she was going to achieve the Investment Promotion Commission's goals, she needed to start by building investor and public trust..

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