The President, Bola Tinubu has appointed Ola Olukoyede as the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
According to a statement by presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, on Thursday, he said by the powers vested in the President as established in section 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.
Ngelale said Olukoyede is a lawyer with over 22 years of experience as a regulatory compliance consultant and specialist in fraud management and corporate intelligence.
Furthermore, he said that the President has approved the appointment of Muhammad Hassan Hammajoda to serve as Secretary of the anti-graft Commission for a renewable term of five years in the first instance, pending Senate confirmation.