Abdulrasheed Bawa, chairman of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC), says he had a dizzy spell midway through his speech
on Thursday.
Bawa had stopped his remarks abruptly at an event organised
by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) at the presidential
villa, Abuja.
Following the incident, Wilson Uwujaren, spokesperson of the
anti-graft commission, had said Bawa is in good shape after he received medical
attention.
Reacting to the incident while speaking on Politics Today, a
Channels Television programme, Bawa said his doctors informed him that he was
dehydrated.
“While giving my
goodwill message during the programme organised by the National Identity
Management Commission (NIMC), there was a sort of dizziness on me and I had to
excuse myself from the stage,” he said.
“And of course I went straight to the hospital where the
doctors confirmed to me that everything about me is okay except for the fact
that I’m a bit dehydrated and need to take a lot of water.
“Straight away from the hospital, I went back to the office
and now I’m back at home.”
Furthermore, Bawa spoke on the decision of the Central Bank
of Nigeria (CBN) to stop the sale of foreign exchange (FX) to bureau de change
(BDCs) operators in the country.
“It is a laudable policy that we are working with the
central bank with open arms, nobody stops the operations of BDC in this
country,” he said.
“The policy is about stopping the giving of cash to BDC, and
that monies that hitherto are being given to the BDC are now going to be given
to financial institutions for them to distribute to those Nigerians that are in
need of them.”
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