President Bola Tinubu has named Ms. Hafsat Abubakar Bakari as the new Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), pending Senate approval.
Ajuri Ngelale, Presidential Spokesman, confirmed this in a statement made yesterday, Tuesday, February 20, 2024.
Ms. Bakari is a lawyer and financial intelligence expert with extensive experience in AML/CFT/CPF.
Prior to her appointment as Chief Executive Officer of the NFIU, she was the organization’s Deputy Director and, at various times, Head of the General Services Unit, Head of the Strategy and Reorientation Unit, and Head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s Board Secretariat.
“The President,” according to Ngelale, “anticipates that Ms. Bakare 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.”