Business/ECONOMY
Kingsley Nwezeh looks at the nomination of Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa as the Chairman-designate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the controversies that led to the exit of his predecessors, the emerging, valid arguments about the lopsided appointments and violation of the federal character principle among others
The nomination of the Chairman-designate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commision (EFCC), Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, was applauded in many quarters as it presented an opportunity for a fresh start for an agency whose past leadership usually ended in controversial circumstances.
There is also the issue that the chairmanship of the commission now looks like a position reserved permanently for Northern Nigeria. Nobody from Southern Nigeria has occupied the seat since the establishment of the agency in 2004.
Ahead of Senate screening, EFCC acting chairman promoted to Level 14
The new acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has been promoted to the rank of Chief Detective
Superintendent ahead of his Senate screening.
Section 2 of the EFCC Act states that a person who will be
appointed as chairman of the commission must have at least 15 years experience
and must be the rank of an Assistant Commissioner of Police or its equivalent.
Bawa, who was appointed by the President, Major General
Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on February 16, 2021, was on Grade Level 13 and a
Deputy Chief Detective Superintendent.
The new acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has been promoted to the rank of Chief Detective Superintendent ahead of his Senate screening, according to a report.