President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday, October 17, urged the Senate to screen and confirm Ola Olukoyede and Muhammad Hammajoda for appointment as chairman and secretary respectively of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Tinubu’s request was contained in a letter read at plenary by Senate President, Godswill Akpabio at plenary.
President Tinubu had on Thursday, October 12, approved the appointment of Olukoyede to serve as the executive chairman of the EFCC and Hammajoda as secretary of the commission for a renewable term of four years in the first instance, pending Senate confirmation.
The appointment came nearly four months after the erstwhile anti-graft agency chief, Abdulrasheed Bawa was suspended.
According to a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the president on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale: “Mr. Olukayode’s appointment followed the resignation of the suspended Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa.”
Credit: thenationonlineng.net
