by By Ogar Solomon Ogar
George Abang Ekpungu is a Nigerian politician and Lawyer. He was appointed the Secretary of the Board of the Economic and Financials Crimes Commission (EFCC) by President Buhari in June 2021.
George Ekpungu is from Kakwagom in Boki, Cross River State.
Educational Background
George Ekpungu attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he obtained a degree in Law in 1997. He was called to Nigerian Bar in 1999 after graduating from the Nigerian Law School.
George Ekpungu obtained a master and doctorate degree in Capital Market Fraud/Commercial Dispute Resolution Strategy from Ahmadu Bello University in 2008 and 2018 respectively.
Career
George Ekpungu was a Group Compliance Officer for BGL Plc and principal consultant at George Kennedy Consultant from 2014.
He is an experienced Enforcement/Compliance Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the Regulatory/Anti-Corruption Institutions
George Ekpungu is skilled in Equities, Capital Markets, Financial Modeling, Portfolio Management, Risk Management, Fraud Investigation, Money Laundering, Corruption Risk Assessment, Asset Tracing, Asset Recoveries, Due Diligence Investigation/Intels gathering, Shrewd Negotiator, Great Team Player with Strong legal professional skills.
He was a Staff, Facilitators/Project Supervisors at the NOUN Facilitation and Project Supervision Management System.
George Ekpungu was appointed the commissioner for New Cities Development by the Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade in his first term.
In 2019, George Ekpungu picked nomination form to represent Ikom/ Boki Federal Constitency in the Federal House of Representatives, but resignation was not accepted by the Governor.
In June 2021, President Buhari appointed George Abang Ekpungu as the Secretary of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for a tenure of five years.
The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation announced the appointment of Mr. George Ekpungu as the new Secretary of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
According to a statement by the Spokesman for the AGF, Umar Gwandu, on Monday titled, ‘Buhari Appoints Ekpungu EFCC Secretary, Names Board Members’, that four others were appointed as board members, the appointment is in line with Section 2 (1) and Section 4 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Act, 2004.
George Ekpungu, a Christian is married with children.
