PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Hafsat Abubakar Bakari as the new Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU).
Bakari, a former deputy director in the NFIU, takes over from Modibbo Hamman-Tukur.
According to a statement on Tuesday, February 20, in Abuja, by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, Bakari would serve in acting capacity pending her confirmation by the senate.
The statement said the new NFIU head is a lawyer and financial intelligence expert with years of experience in anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing and counter-proliferation financing.
She was at different times, 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 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,” the statement added.
