Osinbajo inaugurates National Sanctions Committee

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday inaugurated the National Sanctions Committee at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Members of the Committee include the Attorney- General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama and the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno.

Other members of the committee are – the Director-General of the Department of State Security (DSS) and the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris.

Also in the committee are – the Governor Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefuele, the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, the Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the Director General of the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit.

The mandate of the committee is to trace and freeze financial flows of terrorist funds.

The vice president also reiterated government’s commitment to eliminating terrorism in the country.

The sanctions committee was set up in 2013.