The Dangote Group has clarified a go to to its workplace in Lagos by the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) in its investigations of Foreign exchange allocation to the corporate by the Central Financial institution of Nigeria (CBN) beneath former Governor Godwin Emefiele.
Tribune On-line on Thursday, studies that EFCC operatives on a search mission, stormed the top workplace of Dangote Group in Lagos.
The search adopted the probe of 52 corporations by the anti-graft company over foreign exchange transactions within the final 10 years.
The fee is investigating foreign exchange allocations to those corporations through the tenure of Godwin Emefiele as governor of the Central Financial institution of Nigeria (CBN).
The Dangote Group gave the reassurance in a press release signed by Mr Anthony Chiejina, its Group Chief, Branding and Communication on Sunday in Lagos.
In response to the assertion, the corporate’s administration additionally doused the issues of stakeholders and known as for his or her endurance and understanding whereas promising to tell them of any additional developments.
The corporate disclosed that it obtained a letter from the EFCC on Dec. 6, 2023, requesting for particulars of each overseas trade allotted to it by the Central Financial institution of Nigeria (CBN) from 2014 until date.
It described the request from the fee as not peculiar to Dangote Group, noting that comparable letters had been despatched to 51 different teams of corporations requesting for a similar data spanning the identical interval.
In response to the assertion, Dangote Group responded to the EFCC to acknowledge receipt of the letter while searching for clarification on the subsidiaries or corporations inside the group that they require data on.
It said that the corporate additionally requested for extra time to compile and correctly current the intensive documentation spanning 10 years.
“Nevertheless, the EFCC didn’t present the clarification sought and in addition didn’t honour the request for an extension and insisted on receiving the whole set of paperwork inside the restricted timeframe.
“Despite this constraint, we assured the EFCC of our dedication to offering the data and pledged to share paperwork in batches as we full the compilation.
“On Jan. 4, our staff delivered the primary batch of paperwork to the EFCC. Nevertheless, officers of the EFCC didn’t settle for the paperwork, insisting on visiting our places of work to gather the identical set of paperwork immediately.
“While our representatives had been nonetheless on the EFCC’s workplace to ship the paperwork, a staff of their officers proceeded to go to our places of work to demand for a similar paperwork in a fashion that appeared designed to trigger us unwarranted embarrassment,” it mentioned.
The corporate emphasised that to its data, no accusations of wrongdoing had been made towards any firm inside its group.
It said that as a law-abiding and moral company citizen, Dangote Group remained dedicated to offering the EFCC with all mandatory data and cooperation, whereas it continued to play its key position in stimulating the home financial system.
“Now we have already delivered the primary batch of paperwork and are actively working to compile and submit the remaining paperwork in good time, to help their investigation.
“Our Group is a key contributor to the nationwide Gross Home Product (GDP) the most important employer within the personal sector, one of many largest teams listed on the Nigerian Trade and one of many highest taxpayers within the nation.
“We stay steadfast in our perception in Nigeria’s dedication to the rule of legislation and its dedication to fostering an surroundings conducive for funding and worth creation for each native and overseas traders,” it mentioned.
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