28th March, 2024
By Kazeem Ugbodaga
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Abdullahi Usman Bello as the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), pending confirmation by the Nigerian Senate.
This is contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale on Wednesday.
The statement said Bello is a consummate professional with more than 25 years of work experience in consulting, banking, law enforcement, financial services, and academia.
Ngelale said Tinubu anticipated that the new Chairman, upon confirmation by the Senate, would lead the Bureau with utmost integrity toward the realization of its mandate of maintaining high standards of public morality in the conduct of government business and ensuring that the actions and behaviour of public officers conform to the highest standards of morality and accountability.
Bello is a qualified professional, with MSc in Forensic Accounting, BSc in Applied Accounting, BTech. in Computer Science, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Anti-money Laundering Specialist, final level ACCA student, with over a decade experience in banking as a credit analyst, law enforcement investigating fraud & money laundering and e-payment company as a head of department.
Bello is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, Newcastle.