The new Secretary to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Dr. George Ekpungu, on Wednesday, formally assumed office.
Welcoming him to the headquarters of the Commission at Jabi, Abuja, the Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, expressed delight that Ekpungu is coming on board at a time of fundamental reforms at the EFCC.
He added that  the Commission, over the last few months, had reviewed and adopted a number of policy documents geared towards improving its efficiency and effectiveness.
Bawa also expressed optimism that Ekpungu’s vast experience will further enrich the reform process.
Ekpungu was among the board members whose appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari on June 21, 2021, was recently confirmed by the Senate. The other members of the board are Luqman Muhammad (South South), Anumba Adaeze (South East), Alhaji Kola Adesina (North Central) and Alhaji Yahya Muhammad (North East).
A law graduate of the Ahmadu Bello University and former Commissioner in Cross River State, Ekpungu brings to his job vast experience in capital market operations and regulation, anti-money laundering and fraud risk assessment.
Theideal recalls that the immediate former Secretary to the Commission, Bar Olanipekun Olukoyede, was suspended indefinitely, following the constitution of Justice Isa Salami- led panel of enquiry over allegations of certain infractions against the former Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Mr Ibrahim Magu.
But Magu has denied any wrongdoings while in office just as the Federal Government is yet to make public its White Paper on the Salami report, which was submitted on November 20, 2020.
