Nigeria’s attorney-general and minister for justice Abubakar Malami PHOTO: TWITTER/Abubakar Malami
Federal Government revealed, yesterday, that it has recovered about $1 billion since inception of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration in 2015.
Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, made the disclosure while briefing reporters on outcome of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, presided over by Buhari, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Malami, who disclosed that the recovered assets have been deployed to various sectors of the economy, including government’s poverty alleviation schemes, further announced Council’s approval of the new Anti-corruption Strategy Document (2022 to 2026), aimed at boosting fight against graft in the country.
The AGF said while government recorded only 109 convictions before 2015, the Buhari administration has convicted over 3,000 offenders, even as he expressed government’s concern over sundry cases of budget padding, describing the development as worrisome. He noted, however, that measures would be explored to address the menace.