By Charles Pemu 
ABUJA – The Special Adviser to the President on Policy and Coordination and Head of the Central Results Delivery Coordination Unit, Hadiza Bala Usman, has praised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for its “meteoric transformation” since its inception.
Usman made the observation on Thursday, October 16, 2025, while leading a team of professionals to submit the Performance Charter of the Commission to the EFCC’s Executive Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja.
Usman lauded the agency’s upscale status as a key anti-corruption body, stating its growth trajectory is almost “unmatched” by any other organization in the country.
“Some of us have been observing the EFCC journey for a long time and I just want to say that collectively your staff and the organization should be very proud of what has been built in these years,” she remarked. “I’m not sure there’s any organization that has grown in the way the EFCC has grown from 2000 to date. I don’t know anyone.”
She urged the staff to maintain their dedication, adding: “We’re all very proud of you as Nigerians.”
Explaining the technical development of the EFCC Performance Charter, Usman noted that the Central Result Delivery Unit realized the document through engagement with experts, who deployed the requisite knowledge, tools and technical support of the Foreign Commonwealth Development Office, Partnership for Agile Governance and Climate Engagement (FCDO, PACE).
“They provided us with support in terms of the technical content of what we are presenting here to you. That’s why they are part of this team and they will contribute towards our submission. Mr. Chairman, sir, we have concluded the assignment. We have done the initial draft of the Performance Charter,” she said.
The comprehensive document is designed to strengthen transparency, accountability, and informed decision-making within the Commission.
According to the Special Adviser, this document outlines target baseline data measuring the organizational performance of EFCC periodically. She explained there will be monthly, quarterly and annual performance derived from the units and departments within the organization. It is expected that this document will serve as a framework for monitoring and evaluating the performance of the Commission on its mandate as well as its local and international obligations. These deliverables are well aligned with the vision, mission, mandate, values and strategic objectives of the Commission.
The Charter aims to strengthen transparency, accountability and informed decision making by the Commission in a manner that is consistent with the overall purpose and stakeholder expectations of the Commission. The performance metrics were set around domestic and global parameters for assessing organizations with similar responsibilities as EFCC worldwide. It is composed in a way that should enable the EFCC to be more focused on its mandate and set clarity on the performance expectations for each department, each unit, and its zonal offices. All of these are clearly defined within the KPIs for easy evaluation and tracking of their respective progress and contribution to the overall purpose of the Commission. So, primarily this is what the document sets out to do.
Usman confirmed that the final stage of the assignment involves a validation session, where engagement with the Commission’s staff will take place for them to look at the content and provide the necessary input to complete the process.