Efcc chairman biography sample
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Summary
Corruption is so pervasive in Nigeria that it has turned public service for many into a kind of criminal enterprise. Graft has fueled political violence, denied millions of Nigerians access to even the most basic health and education services, and reinforced police abuses and other widespread patterns of human rights violations.
This report analyzes the most promising effort Nigeria’s government has ever undertaken to fight corruption—the work of its Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Soon after it was established in December 2002, the EFCC began pursuing corruption cases in a way that publicly challenged the ironclad impunity enjoyed by Nigeria’s political elite.
Since its inception, the EFCC has arraigned 30 nationally prominent political figures on corruption charges and has recovered, according to the EFCC, some US$11 billion through its efforts. But many of the corruption cases against the political elite have made little progress in the courts: there h
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Olusegun Obasanjo
Nigerian head of state, 1976–79 and 1999–2007
His Excellency Olusegun Obasanjo GCFR | |
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Obasanjo in 2001 | |
| In office 29 May 1999 – 29 May 2007 | |
| Vice President | Atiku Abubakar |
| Preceded by | Abdulsalami Abubakar |
| Succeeded by | Umaru Musa Yar'Adua |
| In office 13 February 1976 – 1 October 1979 as Military Head of State of Nigeria | |
| Chief of Staff | Shehu Musa Yar'Adua |
| Preceded by | Murtala Muhammed |
| Succeeded by | Shehu Shagari |
| In office 29 July 1975 – 13 February 1976 | |
| Head of State | Murtala Muhammed |
| Preceded by | J. E. A. Wey |
| Succeeded by | Shehu Musa Yar'Adua |
| In office 1976–1979 | |
| Head of State | Himself |
| Preceded by | Illiya Bisalla |
| Succeeded by | Iya Abubakar |
| Born | Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Aremu Obasanjo c. (1937-03-05) 5 March 1937 (age 87) (official date of birth) Ibogun-Olaogun, Ifo, Southern Region, British Nigeria (now Ibogun-Olaogun, Ogun State, Nigeria) |
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