The Federal Government has constituted a committee to
fast-track Nigeria’s removal from the list of countries having issues
with the Financial Action Taskforce on Anti-Money laundering/Counter
Financing Terrorism regimes.
The committee led by the Vice President Namadi Sambo, during its
maiden meeting on Tuesday, pledged to ensure that Nigeria is completely
removed from the list.
According to him, President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration
believed that Nigeria should not remain on the public statement of the
FATF with the measures regarding laws and regulations already put in
place.
He said: “I urge you all to work hard towards ensuring that we
maintain the integrity of our financial system through effective
implementation of laws and regulations against financial improprieties.”
Sambo, therefore directed the immediate sanitisation of the country’s
international airports particularly the enforcement of currency regime
declaration by travelers.
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on FATF, Mr. Stephen
Oronsaye, noted that the committee had made considerable inroads in
ensuring that Nigeria was removed from the FATF list, particularly in
areas of strict implementation of rules and regulations in the financial
system.
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