The Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, on Wednesday announced that
the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit under its supervision would get full autonomy on January 1, 2018.
He was however accused by the commission for failing to report the matter to
the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, as required by the law.
Also speaking, the Director of
the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, Mr. Francis Usani, disagreed with the move by the National Assembly to make the NFIU a completely independent agency.
Not exact matches
Hear him: «Let me assure you that if I am elected President, the world will have no cause to worry about Nigeria as it has had to recently; that Nigeria will return to its stabilising role in West Africa; and that no inch of
Nigerian territory will ever be lost to the enemy because we will pay special attention to the welfare of our soldiers in and out of service; we will give them adequate and modern arms and ammunition to work with; we will improve
intelligence gathering and border controls to choke Boko Haram's
financial and equipment channels; we will be tough on terrorism and tough on its root causes by initiating a comprehensive economic development plan promoting infrastructural development, job creation, agriculture and industry in the affected areas.
Former petroleum minister, Mrs. Diezani Allison - mature, has blasted the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for displaying lack of understanding of the constitutional powers of a
Nigerian President in managing funds meant for security /
intelligence agencies.