The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has secured support of the Office of the Chief Justice of Nigeria to curb incessant fraud in the nation’s payments system with particular interest focus on electronic fraud (e-fraud).
Alhaji Suleiman Barau, Deputy Governor of Operations at CBN who lead members of the Nigerian Electronic Fraud Forum (NeFF) and some members of the Bank to the CJN’s office recently said the forum recognized the judiciary as a strategic partner in stemming e-fraud.
Barau who noted the enactment of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention) Act 2015, solicited the partnership of the judiciary in setting up of a platform of engagement between judges and the financial industry to identify skill gaps.
- Mr. Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), undergoing a biometric verification exercise