EFCC boss, Bawa elected West Africa anti-corruption president

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has been elected president of the Network of National Anti- Corruption Institutions in West Africa, NACIWA.

Bawa was elected president of the 16-nation organisation at its 5th Annual General Meeting in Abuja on Monday.

Speaking at the meeting, Bawa called for stronger and more effective modalities aimed at stemming the spate of illicit financial flows and other corrupt tendencies in the region.

The new NACIWA president noted that the ECOWAS sub- region is smarting from the throes of security challenges and stressed that  efforts must be made to block leakages arising from illicit financial dealings.

“The ECOWAS sub- region is threatened by existential security challenges which may not be unrelated directly or indirectly to corruption. 

“We must therefore intensify efforts to stem the spate of illicit financial flows within the sub- region including illicit flows by Politically Exposed Persons(  PEPs)”,he said. 

“We must also continue to amplify effective collaboration and intelligence sharing in our quest to rid the sub- region of financial crimes while collectively addressing the security challenges prevalent in the sub- region.”