Rahmatu Lami Sheikh-Lemu
Co-Chair

Rahmatu Lami Sheikh-Lemu is a Senior Staff of the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission, (the Apex Regulatory body of the Nigerian Capital Market) attached to the Surveillance Unit of Registration and Recognized Investment Exchanges Department with six (6) years working experience.

Rahmatu’s job schedules include among others:monitoring and analysis of major deals transactions on the floor of Nigerian Stock Exchange, conducting reconciliation and on-site inspections, reporting on daily traded stock activities, making analysis of transactions tracking of total trades by the various stock broking firms on the floor of exchange for filing of suspicious transaction reports, etc.

She is a Bachelors degree holder in Management Technology, from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi.  Having successfully undergone training organised by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Geneva, she obtained certificates in Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution and Capital Market Development and Regulation.
Rahmatu is a Member of many professional bodies including Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS), Chartered Institute of Administration (CIA), Institute of Financial and Investment Analyst (IFIA), Associate of Institute of Chartered Trustees (ICT) and also an Associate of African Business School (ABS).
Rahmatu enjoys as leisure, adventures, painting and travelling. She maintains a positive attitude and flexibility towards assignments and people.  She is also an achiever, a good team driver and player.

e-mail: rraahh1@yahoo.com

Mrs. Jamila Yusuf
Co-Chair

Mrs. Jamila Yusuf is a pioneer staff of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) domiciled in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) which is an institution responsible for combating financial and economic crimes in Nigeria, West Africa. She joined the EFCC in 2004 and started as a Compliance Officer with the primary responsibility of examining reporting institutions for compliance to anti-money laundering / Combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regime. She rose to become a Team Lead/Senior Analyst in the Monitoring and Analysis department of the NFIU. She was a member of the Team that actively participated in getting Nigeria off the NCCT List of FATF and was also involved in preparing the Nigerian FIU as a member of the Egmont Group.

Prior to joining the EFCC, Jamila Yusuf had worked in the banking industry for 5 years where she garnered experience in all operational aspects of banking. She had a brief stint in a development bank as an Audit Officer.
Aside from her core functions, she is also involved in training and sensitization of staff of reporting entities and other law enforcement officers, organization of seminars and represents the NFIU in joint committee work with other stakeholders in the AML/CFT regime. Most recently, she was involved in organising the AML/CFT Compliance Stakeholders Summit in Abuja, Nigeria.
She is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS); a certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified National Accountant in Nigeria and also a member of IALEIA (International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts). She holds a Masters in Business Administration.

Jamila is married and enjoys listening to music, motivational audio books and watching action-adventure movies.    

Hadiza Gamawa Zubairu
Communications Director

Hadiza Gamawa Zubairu holds a Masters in Business Administration and a B.sc in Business Administration from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria, where she majored in Banking and Finance. She is an Accredited Counter Fraud and Counter Corruption Specialist (International) accredited by the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, University of Ports Mouth UK, a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (CAMS), Member, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) Austin TX USA and a Certified Microsoft Office Specialist certified by Microsoft USA.

Mrs. Zubairu is presently a Senior Policy Analyst to the Executive Chairman of Economic & Financial Crimes Commission. She is responsible for the implementation and provision of measures for good practice, greater transparency and accountability in policy implementation. Prior to the above position, she was a Senior Financial Analyst with Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), which is domiciled within the Economic & Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) where she was saddled with responsibility of defining system requirements for business problems, technology-independent analysis and coordinating interactions between end-users and technical staff as well as analyzing financial renditions received from the Reporting Entities, Compliance Inspections and training for Financial & Designated Non-Financial Institutions. While with the NFIU, she was exposed to various Local and International trainings on Anti money laundering (AML) and combating the financing of Terrorism (CFT) including World Bank Institute.

Mrs. Zubairu started her  career in 1999 in the Banking Industry with the Legacy FSB International Bank (now Fidelity Bank), where she served in variuos capacities until she attained the position of Senior Banking Officer before disengaging from the  services of the Bank in 2006. While with the Bank, she garnered experience in all marketing and operational aspects of the bank and single handled prevented a $2 million fraud from occuring on one of the major Public Sectors accounts of the Bank.

e-mail: hgamawa@yahoo.com

Obafemi O. Oyenuga
Membership Director

Obafemi Oyenuga has over nineteen years of experience in International Banking, Audit & Compliance, Marketing, Branch Network and Co-Ordination, Banking Operations Group across West Africa. He has served as Accounts Relations Manager for several major Multinationals including the American, British and Ghanaian embassies as well as UNICEF, USAID, ADRA, and the International Rescue Committee (IRC). Obafemi also served as Chief Compliance Officer, for Ecobank Nigeria Plc, Chief Anti-Money Laundering Reporting Officer and Deputy Group Head, Audit & Compliance Group.

Eedee Meesua Nwikpasi
Co-Communications Director

Eedee Meesua. Nwikpasi is a Professional with 8 years working experience and over four years of experience in monitoring anti-money laundering (AML) compliance, internal controls Including initial investigations and reporting of suspicious transactions.  Eedee’s expertise is focused on Strengthening controls, identifying, developing and implementing new avenues in combating money laundering.

Eedee currently works as a Team Lead, Regional Internal Control Abuja within the Compliance and Internal Control Group of Access Bank Plc Nigeria with responsibility for developing, implementing and updating internal policies, and procedures, compliance, analyzing suspicious transactions and filing suspicious transaction reports and conducting Know Your Customer (KYC) checks on existing and new accounts and training of branch services staff.

Previously, Eedee worked as a Cluster Control Officer in United Bank for Africa Plc and as an Accounting Systems Consultant (Sage Accounting Software)  With AGL Consulting ltd after a  wonderful experience with Robert Ade-Odiachi & Co (Chartered Accountants) as a system support officer solely responsible for the  implementation of Sage accounting software for notable companies (Le Meridien – Ogeyi’s place, Shoreline chemicals and Gas Ltd, Whassan Eurest and  Nigerian Ports Authority eastern Region).

Eedee is a Member of many professional bodies including the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA), Institute of System Auditor and Control Association (ISACA). He is also a Certified Anti-money Laundering specialist (CAMS designation from the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists).
Outside Professional life, Eedee enjoys family life with his lovely wife & Daughter Sarah and Kesibari, plays football and a dedicated men of God (Pastor E. A Adeboye, Bishop David Oyedepo, Pastor W. F Kumuyi) fan.

Emmanuel Okonkwo
Co-Membership Director

Emmanuel Okonkwo is an Internal Control Manager for Access Bank,Nigera. In this role he supervises Head Office Internal Control Operations which include processed transactions reveiws, activity monitoring, regulatory compliance and internal policies and procedure updates. Prior to joining Access Bank in 2007, he was the Head of International Operations for Fidelity Bank in Nigeria where he supervised foreign exchange operations and regulatory compliance. Prior to working with Fidelity, Emmanuel worked for over six years for Citibank Nigeria’s Domestic and Treasury Operations Unit.

Emmanuel graduated with a degree in Banking and Finance from the University of Nigeria;Nsukka. He is also an Associate member of the Chartered Institute for Bankers of Nigeria. Emmanuel is a member of several other associations including Toastmasters International and RVI Business Club.

Pattison Binadeigha Boleigha
Secretary

Pattison Binadeigha Boleigha is a Professional with over 18 years working experience and over four years of experience in monitoring anti-money laundering (AML) compliance and internal controls including providing the strategic, visionary leadership and guidance. His broad expanse of experience and professional qualifications in banking enables him to efficiently handle his divergent duties. Securing an enviable reputation as a trail blazer in the fight against money laundering and counter terrorist financing in Nigeria.

Pattison is currently the Chief Compliance Officer and Head, Group Compliance and Internal Controls of Access Bank Plc which is one of the largest banks in Nigeria with presence in nine countries in Africa and the United Kingdom. Pattison has responsibility for developing, implementing and updating internal policies and procedures, AML/CFT compliance Program, Physical and Information Security and ethical and corporate governance while ensuring the group wide deployment and reporting to the Board Risk Committee on a quarterly basis. Previously, Pattison worked as the Chief Inspector of Access Bank in charge of Audit, Investigations and Quality Assurance while providing quarterly reports to the Board Audit committee. Within the past five years, he has also facilitated training programs for a number of professional Institutes including the Financial Institutions Training Centre. Prior to moving to Access Bank, he worked for four years as the head of Offshore Regulatory and Financial Reporting in Citibank Nigeria, a professional career with Allwell Brown & Co (Chartered Accountants) as an Audit Senior and notable private and public organisations such as the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Rivers State Broadcasting Corporation and the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund.

Pattison is a member of many professional and social bodies including the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Chartered Institute Of Taxation Of Nigeria, Chartered Institute Of Bankers Of Niegria, Information Systems Audit And Control Association (ISACA). He is also a Certified Anti-money Laundering specialist (CAMS designation from the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists). Outside Professional life, Pattison enjoys family life with his lovely wife Eneikinimi and five children:  Ebimoboere, Joy Boloubomoere, Tariladou, Woyengitokoni and Woyengikuro Ezekiel.  Pattison enjoys sports, especially football and he is the chairman of the Marriage counseling department of his church.

Abimbola Adeseyoju
Co-Secretary

Abimbola Adeseyoju has spent the past 15 years providing compliance solutions to end-users.
In 1995, he, together with like-minds started DataPro Limited as a channel to providing 3rd Party Verification Reports on Nigerian companies and individuals.

In 2004, he was part of the team that designed the Compliance Framework for VODACOM during its acquisition bid for Econet Wireless in line with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of the US.

He is an AML/CFT compliance resource provider, facilitator and event planner for GIABA and other financial institutions in Nigeria. He is also a member of several professional bodies.

Abimbola has a 1986 Bachelors of Science Degree from the University of Jos, Nigeria and a 1990 Masters Degree from the same University.

He is a columnist and public affairs commentator on AML/CFT issues in Nigeria.

Muhammad Mustapha Abdul Rahman
Programming Director

Muhammad Mustapha Abdul Rahman started his career in the Oil & Gas Industry at Total Tech Securities Ltd in 1995 as a Graduate Trainee Health safety and Environment (HSE) and later moved to Black Gate Ltd where he attained the position of a Senior Manager before he left the company in 2001. He became a full academic in 2002 and lectured mathematics, inspected Secondary School Curriculum and administration of mathematics at the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA). He later became a research analyst in the Education department of the FCDA.

He joined the Economic & Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as a pioneer staff of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) in 2004 and later became the Head, Operations and Liaison Affairs responsible for identifying suspicious transactions in the financial sectors in Nigeria, development of intelligence reports, development and deployment of  reporting formats for reporting entities to the FIU, sensitization of Financial institutions and Designated-Non Financial Institutions, development of statistics, and the study of trends & patterns to aid the study of typologies in West Africa. He now Heads the Monitoring and Analysis Department of the NFIU.

Mr. Abdul Rahman is a graduate of Mathematics from the University Maiduguri, Nigeria. He is a member of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) and a certified anti-money laundering specialist (CAMS), a member of International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts (IALEIA), International Association of Crime Analysts (IACA) and a FATF FRSB Country evaluator.

Mr. Abdul Rahman is married with three children and enjoys reading, travelling and breaking new grounds.

Saadatu Asabe Faruk
Treasurer

Saadatu Asabe Faruk works for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Nigeria. I am a senior financial Analyst (Manager) with a background in Agricultural Economics (1992) Masters in Public Administration, a Certified Central Bank Examiner,(2001-2004) with level 1 and 2 UNITAR course on Capital Market Regulation and have been trained in London by the Global Analytics Consulting (UK) Ltd on Financial Derivatives and Mortgage Banking Innovations and Securitization respectively in 2007 and 2008.

I was trained as an above Certified Commodity Broker 2008 and have 8 years experience in the capital market activities and have attended a financial Management and Analysis courses in addition to many other developmental courses.

Omotayo Omotosho
Co-Treasurer

Omotayo Omotosho has held the post of Financial Director of the Association of Actuarial Science and Insurance (2003/2004) of the University of Lagos, Akoka, Nigeria.

Aside from this, Omotayo Omotosho is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and a certified member of ACAMS
Over the last financial year Omotayo Omotosho has managed the AML/CFT budget for the Compliance and Internal Control Group of Access Bank Plc till my redeployment to Financial Control of the bank.

Among his responsibilities in Compliance and control is the training of Members of members on AML as required by the Money Laundering Prohibition Act (2004)

His job function in Financial Control revolves around Asset/Liability Monitoring and Performance Management.

e-mail: omotoshoo@accessbankplc.com