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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was established on December 12, 2002, by President Olusegun Obasanjo's administration to combat financial crimes and money laundering. The commission's creation was partly in response to pressure from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Money Laundering, which had ranked Nigeria as one ...
Nigeria's Debt Management Office – Resources and information on Nigeria's national debt management. Ministry of Finance, Budget, and National Planning – Key financial policies and programs in Nigeria. Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) – Government agency involved in the oversight of Nigeria's financial activities.
The Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), which is domiciled in the presidency, also has some agencies under it. They are: Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission [6] National Lottery Trust Fund [7] Nigeria National Merit Award
The State Security Service (SSS), self-styled as the Department of State Services (DSS), [1] is a security agency in Nigeria and one of three successor organisations to the National Security Organization (NSO). The agency is under the Presidency of Nigeria, and it reports its activities direct to the President, office of the ONSA, headquartered ...
At public hearings on the amendments, Senate President David Mark expressed concern that the EFCC and the ICPC would have too much power without another body supervising their work. However, the EFCC Chairman, Farida Waziri said it was important for anti-corruption agencies to remain independent of politicians, whom they often investigated. She ...
The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) is the financial intelligence unit of Nigeria, responsible for collecting and analyzing disclosures from reporting organizations, in order to produce financial intelligence to other agencies combating money laundering, terrorism financing, and other financial crimes.
In 2020, The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) [17] prosecuted Amosu, alongside Air Vice Marshall Jacobs Adigun, a former NAF Chief of Accounts and Budget, and Air Commodore Owodunni Olugbenga, a former NAF Director of Finance and Budget, for their alleged roles in the diversion to personal use of about N21billion belonging to the ...
Prior to Olanipekun's involvement and appointment as the Executive Chairman of the EFCC, he worked as a lawyer at a law firm owned by former Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo. [7] He served as the Chief of Staff to the Executive Chairman (2016–2018) [ 8 ] and Secretary to the Commission (2018–2023). [ 9 ]