President Bola Tinubu has announced the appointment of Mr. Ola Olukoyede as the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the agency in charge of fighting corruption in Nigeria.
This was made public by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the President’s media and publicity adviser, in a statement on Thursday. The statement said that President Tinubu exercised his power under section 2 (3) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (Establishment) Act, 2004, to appoint the Chairman and members of the Commission, other than ex-officio members. Mr. Ola Olukoyede will serve as the EFCC Chairman for a renewable four-year term, subject to Senate confirmation.
Mr. Ola Olukoyede is a lawyer with more than 22 years of experience as a regulatory compliance consultant and a fraud management and corporate intelligence specialist.
He has a deep knowledge of the EFCC’s operations, having served as the Chief of Staff to the Executive Chairman (2016-2018) and the Secretary to the Commission (2018-2023). He meets the statutory requirement for appointment as EFCC Chairman. Mr. Olukoyede’s appointment comes after the resignation of the suspended EFCC Executive Chairman, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa.
In addition, President Bola Tinubu has appointed Mr. Muhammad Hassan Hammajoda as the Secretary of the EFCC for a renewable five-year term, subject to Senate confirmation.
Mr. Muhammad Hassan Hammajoda is a public administrator with a lot of experience in public finance management. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Maiduguri. He started his career as a lecturer at the Federal Polytechnic, Mubi. He then moved to banking, where he worked at the defunct Allied Bank and Standard Trust Bank.
President Bola Tinubu urges the new EFCC leadership to prove their worth in this crucial national task as a revitalized war on corruption through a reformed anti-corruption sector is a key part of the President’s Renewed Hope agenda.
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