By Andrew Oota
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday wrote the Senate to screen and confirm Mr. Ola Olukoyede and Mr. Muhammad Hammajoda for appointment as Chairman and Secretary respectively of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The request was contained in a letter read at plenary by Senate President Godswill Akpabio .
The president Tinubu had on Thursday approved the appointment of Mr. 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, Mr 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.”
