Federal Govt Moves To Freeze Account Of Boko Haram Financiers, Empowers Committee

The Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government has reconstituted the National Sanctions Committee to trace and freeze financial flows of Boko Haram terrorist funds.
The committee, which was inaugurated today, Friday, has as its chairman, the Attorney General and minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami.
Members of the committee are the minister of Foreign Affairs, the National Security Adviser, Director General of the  Directorate of State Security, the Inspectore General of Police, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Others are the Chief of Army Staff, Director General of the National Intelligence Agency and the Director General of the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit.
A statement from the Presidency said that the mandate of the committee is to trace and freeze financial flows of terrorist funds.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was quoted as reiterating the federal government’s commitment to eliminate terrorism in the country.
The sanctions committee was set up in 2013.