{"id":105451,"date":"2023-06-15T10:08:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T09:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=105451"},"modified":"2023-06-15T10:08:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T09:08:01","slug":"why-efcc-chairman-bawa-was-suspended-by-transparency-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/why-efcc-chairman-bawa-was-suspended-by-transparency-international\/","title":{"rendered":"Why EFCC Chairman, Bawa, was suspended, by Transparency International"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The Head of Transparency International, Nigeria, Mr Auwal Rafsanjani, says the suspension of the EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, did not come to the organisation by surprise.<\/p>\n<p>Rafsanjani, also the Executive Director of Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Center (CISLAC), said this in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday announced the suspension of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) chairman in a statement by the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF).<\/p>\n<p>Bawa was suspended based on \u201cweighty allegations of abuse of office\u201d levelled against him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThe suspension did not come to us by surprise, this is because of the way and manner the previous regimes or governments have always removed the EFCC leaders when they come into power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dFor this development, with regard to the removal of the EFCC chairman, we believe that already we knew that he was going to be removed because of\u00a0 so many political interests and changes that can happen.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nHe said that Tinubu might not likely retain Bawa because of how he was appointed and his affiliation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dHe will want to get rid of anything that has to do with that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dAlso there are some political interests, some politicians associated with the government also\u00a0 have issues with the current suspended EFCC chairman and therefore they are likely not to be comfortable to have him there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rafsanjani added that \u201dthe EFCC office has been unnecessarily made to be too much political.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201dTherefore, it is making it difficult to do what ordinarily government agency is supposed to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dSo, we need to look at it from that context and from that perspective, so I\u2019m not surprised.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rafsanjani, however, said that \u201dwhat is important is that we must insist and demand that the anti-corruption and the good work of agencies, including EFCC, must continue in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also advised the government to look beyond politics in appointing the next chairman of EFCC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dIn appointing the next one,\u00a0 I think first and foremost, lets make that office to be a technical professional office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dLet\u2019s make it less political, let us remove the use of that to settle political issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI think we need to have a credibly experienced, fairly minded person to carry out that responsibility,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Head of Transparency International, Nigeria, Mr Auwal Rafsanjani, says the suspension of the EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, did not come to the organisation by surprise. 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