Tinubu Appoints New NFIU Director/CEO

Eko Hot Blog reports that President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Ms. Hafsat Abubakar Bakari to serve as the Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU).

The president’s spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed the development in a statement Tuesday evening.

He said the appointment is pending Bakari’s confirmation by the Senate.

The new NFIU boss is a lawyer and financial intelligence expert with years of experience in anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing, and counter-proliferation financing (AML/CFT/CPF).

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Before her appointment as the Chief Executive Officer of the NFIU, she served as Deputy Director at the unit.

Bakari was also at different times the Head of the General Services Unit; Head of the Strategy and Reorientation Unit, and Head of the Board Secretariat of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

“The President anticipates that Ms. Bakare will bring her wealth of experience and expertise to full discharge in this critical role, especially in view of his administration’s war against illicit financial flows and other sharp practices currently prevalent in segments of the nation’s foreign exchange markets,” Ngelale added.

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