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The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership has faulted the hurried promotion of the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, who is set to face Senate screening soon.
The Executive Director of CACOL, Debo Adeniran, expressed his view during an interview with
Sunday PUNCH on Saturday.
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.
However, a lawyer, Osuagwu Ugochukwu, subsequently filed a suit before a Federal High Court in Abuja seeking to stop the Senate confirmation of Bawa.
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One of the most dominant topics in the country today is the issue of adherence to the rule of law or lack of it in appointments into federal positions.
Thus, the nomination of Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa as the Chairman-designate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commision (EFCC) is already generating controversy over whether or not it met the conditions stipulated in the EFCC Act 2004 with regards to the leadership of the commission.
While the nominee is eminently qualified to occupy the position by virtue of his rich resume, his nomination by President Muhammadu Buhari, however, falls short of the expectations of the law.
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) designate-chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa and other staff have been reportedly promoted on Friday by the anti-graft agency.
Reports on Saturday had it that Bawa and 88 others were promoted from Grade Level 13 Principal Detective Superintendent (PDS) to Grade Level 14 Deputy Chief Detective Superintendent (DCDS) effective from January 1, 2021.
With the promotion, Bawa, who was nominated by President Muhammad Buhari on Tuesday, is now qualified to head the Commission in line with Section 2(1)(a)(ii) of the EFCC Establishment Act, 2004 subject to the approval of the Senate.
The section stipulates that anyone to be appointed as the commission’s chairman shall “be a serving or retired member of any government security or law enforcement agency not below the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police or equivalent”. There had been arguments over the qualification of Bawa to head the EFCC based on the fact that as of the ti
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