The Presidency on Thursday, requested the Senate to confirm Mr Ibrahim Magu as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). A letter to that effect, read at plenary by President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, also sought the confirmation of Messrs Nasule Moses, Lawan Mamman, Galadanci Imam, and Adeleke Rafiu as members of the commission.
Saraki said that in the letter, the Presidency requested the Senate to confirm the list of the persons at the shortest time possible. “The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Act of 2004 established the commission. “It makes it responsible, among other things, for the coordination and enforcement of all economic and financial crime laws and enforcement functions conferred on all persons or authority.
“Section 2(1) of the Act also provides that the commission shall consist of the Chairman, which shall be the Chief Executive and Accounting Officer of the Commission.
