NFIU threatens to sanction banks over illegal withdrawals from LG funds
" ...any bank that allows any transaction from any local government account without monies first reaching a particular local government ...
" ...any bank that allows any transaction from any local government account without monies first reaching a particular local government ...
The organisation says displaying the assets of public officials was a condition for lifting the suspension on it by Egmont ...
The NFIU says it will introduce restrictions on cash transactions by governments at all levels.
The Senate had on March 7, 2018, passed the NFIU Bill.
The nomination is subject to Senate confirmation.
The NFIU will seize to exist as a department in the EFCC.
The National Assembly wants the NFIU domiciled with the Central Bank.
Official says Mr. Buhari would consider elements of the bill before assent.
Mr. Dogara says Nigeria's suspension from EGMONT, a setback for anti-graft war.
Nigeria was suspended from the Group, an informal network of national financial intelligence units, on July 7.
The NFIU was suspended by the international group in July.
The Senate wants to create an NFIU independent of the EFCC.
The bill was passed without the usual public hearing.
The NFIU is currently a department of the EFCC.
Promoters want the Peace Corps to become a paramilitary agency.
EFCC boss says membership of the Egmont Group is critical in fighting laundering.
The development comes after the EFCC moved to "reposition" the NFIU as "an autonomous unit under it.
The current Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, is an arm of the EFCC.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has announced the removal and subsequent redeployment of the head of its powerful intelligence ...
The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, is a part of the EFCC. The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, ...
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