Afrigather President Bola Tinubu has authorized the appointment of Hafsat Abubakar Bakari to function the Director/Chief Government Officer of the Nigerian Monetary Intelligence Unit (NFIU), pending her affirmation by the Senate.
Way of life Nigeria stories that Bakari’s appointment was confirmed in an announcement signed on Tuesday by the Particular Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale.
Bakari is a lawyer and monetary intelligence knowledgeable with years of expertise in anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing, and counter-proliferation financing (AML/CFT/CPF).
Earlier than her appointment because the Chief Government Officer of the NFIU, she served as Deputy Director on the Nigerian Monetary Intelligence Unit, and was at completely different occasions the Head of the Common Companies Unit; Head of the Technique and Reorientation Unit, and Head of the Board Secretariat of the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC).
The President anticipates that Bakare will deliver her wealth of expertise and experience to full discharge on this vital position, particularly in view of his administration’s conflict in opposition to illicit monetary flows and different sharp practices presently prevalent in segments of the nation’s overseas alternate markets.
