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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) is set to host a one-day workshop on illicit financial flows (IFFs).

The gathering, scheduled to hold at the commission’s auditorium in Abuja on August 17, is a hybrid sensitisation workshop on the published “guidelines for private sector response to IFF vulnerabilities in Nigeria”.

According to a statement issued on Tuesday by Azuka Ogugua, the spokesperson of ICPC, Zacch Adedeji, special adviser to President Bola Tinubu on revenue, is expected to speak at the workshop.

Bolaji Owasanoye, the chairman of the commission, will also provide insights into the guidelines for private sector response to IFFs vulnerabilities in the country.

The event is aimed at rallying private sector operators and professional bodies against the IFFs and also enabling practitioners to better understand the phenomenon.  

Soji Apampa, chief executive officer of the Convention on Business Integrity (CBI), will moderate a panel that will include Lola Adekanye, the programme director of Africa Centre for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), and Ayotola Jagun, the chief compliance officer and company secretary of Oando Plc.

Expected at the workshop are private sector stakeholders and professional bodies such as the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN); Association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria (APBN); Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN); Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN); Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN); and Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACCIMA).

Others are the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI); Odu’a Chambers of Commerce Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ODUA’CCIMA); Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN); Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE); and members of the inter-agency committee on stopping IFFs from Nigeria.