President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Ola Olukoyede as the executive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Olukoyede takes over from Mr. Abdulkarim Chukkol who has been serving as the Acting Chairman of the EFCC since the suspension of erstwhile boss Abdulrasheed Bawa by the Federal Government.
Before his appointment, Oluka has previously served as Chief of Staff to the former Acting Executive Chairman, Mr. Ibrahim Magu and Secretary to the Commission.
Olukoyede is a seasoned lawyer with over twenty-two (22) years’ experience. He is a regulatory compliance consultant and specialist in fraud management and corporate intelligence with extensive experience in the operations of the EFCC.
The President also approved the appointment of Muhammad Hammajoda as Secretary of the EFCC on a renewable term of five years.
Hammajoda is the current Director of Finance and Accounts of the EFCC before his appointment as Secretary of the Commission. He is also a public administrator with extensive experience in public finance management.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Maiduguri and a Masters in Business Administration from the same university. He began his career as a lecturer at the Federal Polytechnic, Mubi.
He further went into banking before becoming a public servant.
