RECOVERING STOLEN FUNDS IN NIGERIA HAS BECOME TEDIOUS - BUHARI
The President made the statement
while receiving the Executive Secretary of United Nations Office for
Drugs and Crime, Yury Fedotov, and stressed that the process had “become
tedious” to the consternation of Nigerians.
He urged the UN agency to
facilitate faster recovery of the stolen wealth stashed abroad.
President Muhammadu Buhari President
Muhammadu Buhari “We are looking for more cooperation from the EU,
United States, other countries and international institutions to recover
the nation’s stolen assets, particularly proceeds from the stolen crude
oil,” the President said, according to a statement issued by Garba
Shehu, his spokesman.
“It is taking very long and
Nigerians are becoming impatient,” he added. Buhari told Fedotov that
his government had worked very hard in the past 11 months to reverse the
very negative global perception of Nigeria.
He said: “Our genuine efforts to
deal with corruption and drugs have earned us international respect and
this has encouraged us to do more. “We know that by fighting the scourge
of drugs and corruption and rebuilding trustworthiness, integrity, good
business practices and imposing discipline on youths to avoid drugs, we
are not doing a favour to the international community; we are doing a
favour to ourselves.”
Fedotov told Buhari that UNODC had
chosen Nigeria as a pilot country for support and cooperation in the
fight against drugs and corruption.
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