A non-governmental organisation, Mary Abanum Women and Children Love Foundation has raised the alarm over what it described as a fraudulent alteration of its Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering (SCUML) certificate application at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The Foundation's Assistant Programme Director, Bennie Efemena Ben-Iriri, who raised the alarm over the alleged infraction in a message to SaharaReporters, on Tuesday, said they were shocked recently to discover recently unauthorised changes in its SCUML certificate application, which was submitted to fulfil the requirement for opening a bank account for the NGO.
"We recently discovered unauthorised changes made to our SCUML certificate application, which was submitted to fulfil the requirement for opening a bank account for our NGO. "As an organisation committed to promoting transparency and ethical practices, we find ourselves deeply dismayed by this distressing situation. We firmly believe that exposing such fraudulent acts is crucial to maintaining the trust and credibility of our financial institutions."
It was created as part of measures for the implementation of the Financial Action Task Force , recommendations on Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism in Nigeria.
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