*President Bola Ahmed Tinubu approves the appointment of Ms. Hafsat Abubakar Bakari to serve as Director/CEO of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, pending her confirmation by the Senate

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Ms. Hafsat Abubakar Bakari to serve as the Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), pending her confirmation by the Nigerian Senate.

Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, who disclosed this development in a statement Tuesday, February 20, 2024, described Ms. Bakari as a lawyer and financial intelligence expert with years of experience in anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing, and counter-proliferation financing (AML/CFT/CPF).

The Presidential media aide stated that prior to her appointment as the Chief Executive Officer of the NFIU, she had served as Deputy Director at the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit.

Bakari also was at different times the Head of the General Services Unit; Head of the Strategy and Reorientation Unit, and Head of the Board Secretariat of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The statement noted: “The President 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.