By Tochukwu Bliss, Abuja
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Ms Hafsat Abubakar Bakari to serve as the Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), pending her confirmation by the Senate.
A statement by the Special Adviser on Media, Ajuri Ngelale, said: “The President anticipates that Ms Bakari 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.
Ms Bakari was described as a lawyer and financial intelligence expert with years of experience in anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing, and counter-proliferation financing (AML/CFT/CPF).
Before her appointment as the NFIU CEO, she served as deputy director and was at different times the head of several units including General Services; Strategy and Reorientation; and Board Secretariat of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Ms Bakari 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.
