Africa needs reforms to attract investors — EFCC Boss

 

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has called for comprehensive reforms across Africa as a means of reducing investment risks and boosting foreign direct investment on the continent.

Olukoyede made the remarks on Friday at the EBII Group African Leaders and Partners Forum in Washington DC, United States.

His comments were contained in a statement issued on Saturday by EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale.

According to him, Africa must embrace “broad-based and radical reforms” to become more attractive to global investors.

“De-risking Africa requires us to pay attention to reforms to improve the ease of doing business, respect for the rule of law and human capital development.