• Ibezim-Ohaeri: Issues affecting not-for-profit operations being addressed
•Most NPOs don’t pose terrorism financing risk, says UN rapporteur
Emmanuel Addeh and Aminat Hassan in Abuja
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday said Nigeria’s nationwide terrorism financing risk assessment of Non-profit Organisations (NPOs) has enabled authorities to identify the small number of organisations vulnerable to abuse by terrorist financiers.
The anti-graft agency stated that it has further ensured that the overwhelming majority of legitimate charities and civil society groups are not subjected to unnecessary regulatory restrictions, while the exercise has strengthened the country’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing framework.
