Abdulrasheed Bawa, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been elected as president of the Network of National Anti-Corruption Institutions in West Africa (NACIWA).
EFCC in a statement said Mr Bawa was elected on Monday at the 5th Annual General Assembly of the institution in Abuja.
NACIWA is a regional network created by national anti-corruption institutions at the initiative of ECOWAS in 2010. It serves as a forum for exchanges and consultation between national anti-corruption institutions in ECOWAS member countries.
Following his election on Monday, Mr Bawa will take over from Francis Kaifala, whose three-year term as NACIWA president expires on March 31, 2022. The outgoing NACIWA president is a member of the African Union Advisory Board and the head of Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Agency.
