President Bola Tinubu has appointed Mr Ola Olukoyede because the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media & Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale made the announcement in an announcement on Thursday.
Olukoyede’s appointment adopted the resignation of the suspended Executive Chairman of the Commission, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa.
Tinubu additionally accredited the appointment of Mr Muhammad Hassan Hammajoda because the Secretary of the anti-graft company for a renewable time period of 5 years within the first occasion, pending Senate affirmation.
”By the powers vested in President Bola Tinubu as established in part 2 (3) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (Establishment) Act, 2004, that “the Chairman and members of the Commission, other than ex-officio members, shall be appointed by the President,” President Tinubu has accredited the appointment of Mr. Ola Olukoyede to function the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for a renewable time period of 4 years within the first occasion, pending Senate affirmation.
”Mr. Ola Olukoyede is a lawyer with over twenty-two (22) years of expertise as a regulatory compliance guide and specialist in fraud administration and company intelligence. He has in depth expertise within the operations of the EFCC, having beforehand served as Chief of Staff to the Executive Chairman (2016-2018) and Secretary to the Commission (2018-2023). As such, he fulfills the statutory requirement for appointment as Chairman of the EFCC.
”Mr. Muhammad Hassan Hammajoda is a public administrator with in depth expertise in public finance administration who holds a Bachelor of Science diploma in Accounting from the University of Maiduguri and a Masters in Business Administration from the identical college. He started his profession as a lecturer on the Federal Polytechnic, Mubi. From there, he went into banking, together with profitable stints on the defunct Allied Bank and Standard Trust Bank,” the assertion reads.
President Tinubu due to this fact tasked the new management of the Commission to justify the arrogance reposed in them.
