{"id":96623,"date":"2026-04-22T22:51:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/?p=96623"},"modified":"2026-04-22T22:51:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:51:52","slug":"women-group-applauds-olukoyede-seeks-collaboration-in-fight-against-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/?p=96623","title":{"rendered":"Women Group Applauds Olukoyede, Seeks Collaboration in Fight Against Corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The President of Women Community in Africa (WCA), Dr. Khadijah Abdullahi Iya, has commended the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, for his focused and impactful efforts in tackling economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/civsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-34-300x154.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96986\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>She gave the commendation in Abuja on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, during a courtesy visit to the EFCC Chairman at the Commission\u2019s Corporate Headquarters. Iya, who visited with her team, acknowledged the enormous efforts involved in the fight against corruption and stated: \u201cWe are seeing the positive results of your work and are ready to collaborate with the Commission in combating corrupt practices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/civsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3-57-300x165.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96989\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>She further highlighted the strides of WCA across Africa through its annual summit and periodic retreats, where issues such as literacy, leadership, women\u2019s participation in governance, and empowerment are discussed. She also assured Olukoyede that the organisation remains committed to strengthening collaboration with the EFCC.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/civsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1-72-300x132.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96987\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In his response, Olukoyede emphasised the importance of advocacy by women\u2019s groups, noting that women play critical roles in nation-building. He expressed the Commission\u2019s readiness to partner with WCA and similar organisations in the fight against corruption.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/civsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2-72-300x143.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96988\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe will collaborate with women to fight corruption. Women play crucial roles in child development and the impartation of values. These roles are imperative, and we will encourage women to be more forthcoming in this regard,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dele Oyewale<\/strong><br>Head, Media &amp; Publicity<br>April 22, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The President of Women Community in Africa (WCA), Dr. Khadijah Abdullahi Iya, has commended the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, for his focused and impactful efforts in tackling economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption. She gave the commendation in Abuja on Wednesday, April 22,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":96624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[198],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-96623","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-press-release"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96625,"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96623\/revisions\/96625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/96624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}