{"id":37650,"date":"2020-01-15T16:19:43","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T15:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=37650"},"modified":"2020-01-15T16:19:43","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T15:19:43","slug":"sec-icpc-pledge-to-strengthen-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/sec-icpc-pledge-to-strengthen-collaboration\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC, ICPC Pledge To Strengthen Collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"basic-mobile-app-container\" data-reactroot=\"\">\n<div id=\"app\" data-test-id=\"mobile-basic-app\">\n<div id=\"top\" data-test-id=\"app-layout\">\n<div class=\"msg-body P_6Fd5\">\n<div id=\"message-body\">\n<div id=\"yiv0738282538\">\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) are to collaborate in combating crime in the Nigerian capital market.<\/p>\n<p>This agreement was reached when the management of the SEC met with the management team of the ICPC in Abuja, Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Acting director-general of SEC, Ms. Mary Uduk, said the visit was necessary in order to\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-US\">seek collaboration, and also leverage on the expertise and mandate of the ICPC in tackling corrupt practices especially fraud, which has been prevalent in the Nigerian Capital Market and which is a major obstacle to the actualization of the objectives of the Commission<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Uduk said the objective of regulating the capital market is to protect investors, maintain fair, efficient and transparent Market by ensuring integrity in the market place and by preventing fraudulent practices. This shared goal she added, has necessitated a collaboration with relevant anti-corruption and law enforcement agencies in a bid to ensure that the market is fair to all investors<\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to her, \u201cwe are aware that your agency is established to curb corruption in the public sector, but as an agency of government we owe investors the duty to protect their investments, hence the need for this collaboration.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Uduk said the Capital Market has witnessed incidences of fraud by market operators who have converted and diverted investors funds and utilised same for the acquisition of personal properties within and outside Nigeria adding that this potentially undermines investor confidence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cWe believe that this collaboration will be mutually beneficial to both agencies. Promoting market integrity and the integrity of the regulator is important for facilitating the liquidity and depth necessary to attract local and foreign investors. This naturally translates to sustainable growth and development of the economy which impacts the lives of every citizen and resident.<\/span><\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cWe are confident that creating awareness within the Commission, on relevant laws and regulations administered by the ICPC, would project the Commission as a law-abiding institution, aid our fight against market abuse, and further boost investor confidence in the regulator and the market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cGiven that technology and globalization has made it easy for assets to be dissipated or to disappear without a trace, swift and effective ways of safeguarding and tracing assets has become even more relevant. The Commission therefore seeks to leverage on your intelligence network in other countries, for the tracing and recovery of assets belonging to innocent and hardworking investors in the Nigerian Capital Market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In his remarks, ICPC Chairman, Prof Bolaji Owasanoye said the capital market is very important to any economy that wants to grow, stating that the ICPC is ready to partner with the SEC in order for the nation to reap the benefits of a vibrant capital market.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>\u201cI understand the need to protect investors because the capital market has been so badly affected by the activities of fraudulent individuals and organisations. We are happy to collaborate with SEC to look at those who are giving the investment climate a bad name by collecting investors funds and disappearing. We have powers to trace such people and seize their assets\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Owasanoye said the capital market is technical and that underscores the need for mutual understanding between both organisations adding \u201cWe can train you on issues relating to how to ensure that your processes are not susceptible to corrupt practices while you on the other hand train our staff on capital market issues\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv0738282538yqtfd56228\" class=\"yiv0738282538yqt2961030662\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Photo Caption: From Left&#8211;Acting Executive Commissioner, Operations, Securities and Exchange Commission Mr Isyaku Tilde, Acting Director General SEC Ms Mary Uduk and Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission Prof Bolaji Owasanoye during a Meeting between SEC and ICPC in Abuja, Wednesday<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) are to collaborate in combating crime in the Nigerian capital market.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":37651,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[4123,575],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-37650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","tag-icpc","tag-sec"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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