The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has described as alarming the rate of procurement frauds in public service in Nigeria. He stated this in his goodwill message at the opening ceremony of the Year 2021 First Batch Conversion Training Programme to Procurement Cadre for Federal Parastatals and Agencies organized…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has once again notify the public about the emergence of a number of fake Twitter accounts masquerading as genuine Twitter handle of the Executive Chairman, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa. The commission in a statement issued and signed by the Head, Media & Publicity of the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren said…
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa over the weekend reiterated the Commission’s commitment to fighting corruption within the ambits of the law. The anti-graft boss, who spoke in Kano, during his maiden visit to the Kano Zonal Office of the EFCC, recalled that, what distinguished the Commission at…
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa on Friday March 5, 2021 officially assumed duties with a pledge to steer the organization towards proactive and intelligence-led investigation. He said he would create a full-fledged directorate of intelligence that would spearhead intelligence gathering, which will ensure proactive response in the…
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Abdulrasheed Bawa as the substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The confirmation was done after a screening exercise that lasted for over two hours and presided over by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan. Bawa ushered into the hallowed Chamber at 11.45am by the Senior Special Assistant…
By Wole Arisekola The appointment of 40 year old Abdulrasheed Bawa by President Muhammadu Buhari as the head of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), no doubt ushers in a new dawn at the anti-graft agency that has over the years been riddled with leadership crisis since its establishment many years ago during the…
Few hours after President Muhammadu Buhari nominated Abdulrasheed Bawa on Tuesday for Senate confirmation as the next substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), news surfaced online that he was arrested and detained by the anti-graft agency in 2019 for selling at least 244 trucks worth between N20-30 million each to his…
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa as substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) In a letter to President of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, the President said he was acting in accordance with Paragraph 2(3) of Part1, CAP E1 of EFCC Act 2004. Bawa, 40,…