In anticipation of Senate confirmation, President Tinubu has given his blessing to Ola Olukoyede’s appointment as the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for a four-year initial term that is renewable.
According to a statement made by the presidential media aide, Ajuri Ngelali, Ola Olukoyede is a lawyer with over twenty-two (22) years of experience as a regulatory compliance consultant and specialist in fraud management and corporate intelligence.
He has extensive knowledge of the EFCC’s operations thanks to his prior roles as Secretary to the Commission (2018–2023) and Chief of Staff to the Executive Chairman (2016–2018).
He thus satisfies the legal prerequisite for appointment to the position of Chairman of the EFCC. Ajuri said.
The resignation of Mr.Abdulrasheed Bawa, the EFCC’s (Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) Executive Chairman who was put on administrative leave, was followed by Olukoyede’s appointment.
Ajuroi added that, subject to Senate confirmation, President Bola Tinubu has given his blessing to the appointment of Muhammad Hassan Hammajoda to the position of Secretary of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for an initial term of five years that is renewable.
Muhammad Hassan Hammajoda is a public official with extensive experience in managing public finances.
He earned both his master’s degree in business administration and his bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Maiduguri. He started out as a lecturer at the Federal Polytechnic in Mubi.
From there, he entered the banking industry and enjoyed successful tenures at the now-defunct Allied Bank and Standard Trust Bank.
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A newly reenergized fight against corruption waged through a reformed institutional architecture in the anti-corruption sector remains a key tenet of the President’s Renewed Hope agenda, and President Bola Tinubu challenges the new leadership of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to demonstrate why the government has faith in them to carry out this crucial national assignment.
