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Bala Sanga studied Law at the University of Jos, Nigeria and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1990. He has had an extensive and prolific working experience covering research, banking, legal practice and law enforcement.
He started his career as a Prosecutor with the Federal Ministry of Justice. Subsequently, he worked as legal consultant with the Centre for Law and Development Studies where he did extensive work on the restructuring of the Nigerian Capital Market in the 1990’s. He also worked with Savannah Bank of Nigeria PLC and FSB International Bank PLC and retired from Banking as a Senior Manager of Legal Services.
In the course of his banking career, Mr. Sanga was attached for some time to Audit Control and Expertise (ACE), a Collateral Management Company in Geneva, Switzerland where he developed training manuals and reviewed the company’s documentation worldwide. Mr. Sanga is an acknowledged expert of Structured Trade Finance, Project Finance and the Law of Banking.
Prior to joining the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission as the Principal Staff Officer to the Executive Chairman, Mr. Sanga was a partner of Lexfield Chambers, a firm of legal practitioners.
In his current capacity as the Principal Staff Officer to the Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Sanga is the administrative Head of the Executive Chairman’s Office where he reviews and provides legal and policy advise to the Executive Chairman. He also initiates and implements the policy directives of the Executive Chairman.
Mr. Sanga is a firm believer in the Rule of Law and staunchly that it is possible to effectively combat corruption within the Rule of Law. He is actively involved in several current initiatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Mr. Sanga has co-authored books on Bankruptcy Law, Unit Trust Schemes and Project Finance and has published and presented several academic research papers.
