Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC) on February 11 hosted of a South-South Multi-stakeholder Consultative Meeting between Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)/Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering (SCUML) and Civil Society Organization (CSO) Leaders in the South South Geopolitical Zone as part of the terrorism financing risk assessment exercise for the Non-Profit Organization (NPO) sector in Nigeria. The engagement with the regulators gave the NPO leaders the opportunity to interface and discuss issues and ask questions that they have on regulatory problems with a view of collectively working together address issues relating to financial risk for NPOs in the South-South.

The program which was hosted at Advocacy Centre’s head office in Port Harcourt had participating organizations numbering over 60 from all the six states in the South South and the regulators from head office of the EFCC/SCUML in Abuja as well as the Rivers State office and other sister agencies and stakeholders in attendance.