The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Ola Olukoyede as EFCC Chairman and Muhammad Hammajoda as the Secretary of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, respectively.
The confirmation of both men followed their screening by the upper chamber on Wednesday afternoon, about a week after they were appointed by President Bola Tinubu.
The Senate also screened and confirmed the appointment of Halima Shehu as the Chief Executive Officer of the National Social Investment Programme Agency.
The President had on October 12, 2023 appointed Olukoyede and Hammajoda as the chairman and secretary to the commission respectively.
The leadership of the country’s focal anti-graft agency has experienced shakeup in the last few months since the assumption of President on May 29, 2023.
Recall that on June 14, 2023, the President suspended Abdulrasheed Bawa indefinitely as EFCC boss. Bawa was suspended “to allow for proper investigation into his conduct while in office”. The action followed “weighty” allegations of abuse of office leveled against him.
The President subsequently directed the Director of Operations at the Commission, Abdulkarim Chukkol, to step in as acting EFCC chair while the Department of State Services took Bawa into custody.
