Nigeria, Nov. 20 -- The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday agreed to sign a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen their cooperation in the fight against corruption.

Although the details of the proposed MoU are not yet known, the Executive Secretary of NEITI, Waziri Adio, said it will focus more on identified financial crimes disclosed by the various NEITI audit reports in the oil, gas and mining industries.

Mr Adio said the MoU will also cover how NEITI and the EFFCC will tackle those crimes expeditiously through information and intelligence sharing as well as human capacity mobilisation.

These resolutions were part of the highlights of ...