The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has pledged its support for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the fight against corruption and illicit financial flows in Nigeria.
The NLC General Secretary and General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation-Africa, ITUC-Africa, Akhator Joel Odigie, made the commitment on Thursday, August 13, 2026, when he led a delegation of the union on a courtesy visit to the EFCC in Abuja.
Odigie said the visit was part of an ITUC-Africa campaign against illicit financial flows across the continent, noting that the initiative was already ongoing in Zambia and Kenya and would extend to other African countries.
He said Nigerian workers remained major victims of corruption and called for stronger whistleblowing mechanisms that would allow workers to report corrupt practices safely and receive adequate protection.
The NLC General Secretary also linked the fight against corruption to the demand for a living wage, arguing that resources lost through corruption and illicit financial flows could have been used to improve workers’ welfare and strengthen social protection.
He called for renewed collaboration between the labour movement and the EFCC, including possible reforms to strengthen the Commission’s powers to investigate and prosecute corruption cases regardless of the status of suspects.
Responding on behalf of the EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, the Commission’s Director of Public Affairs, CE Wilson Uwujaren, welcomed the NLC’s support, stressing that the EFCC could not win the anti-corruption battle alone.
Uwujaren urged the NLC to help revive public participation in the Commission’s whistleblowing policy and sensitise workers on how corruption affects their livelihoods.
He described the NLC as a key civil society partner and expressed the Commission’s readiness to strengthen its relationship with organised labour.
Both organisations agreed to sustain their engagement, with the NLC pledging to mobilise workers in support of the EFCC’s anti-corruption mandate.