UPDATE: SENATE CONFIRMS BAKARI AS NFIU DIRECTOR
The confirmation follows Senator Emmanuel Udende Memga’s (Benue, North East) review of the Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes report.Last week, President Bola Tinubu gave her approval to be appointed as the Director/Chief Executive Officer of the NFIU, subject to the Senate’s confirmation.
Ms. Bakari is a lawyer and financial intelligence specialist with years of experience in anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing, and counter-proliferation financing (AML/CFT/CPF), according to a statement made by Presidential Spokesman Ajuri Ngelale.
He said before she was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of the NFIU, she served as Deputy Director at the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit and was 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).
āThe President anticipates that Ms Bakare will bring her wealth of experience and expertise to full discharge in this critical role, especially given his administrationās war against illicit financial flows and other sharp practices currently prevalent in segments of the nationās foreign exchange markets,ā he said.
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