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COVID 19: Group urges FG to intensify campaign to recover stolen funds 

A Civil Society Group, Nigeria Youth for Social Justice  has called on  the Federal Government to carry out further investigations aimed at recovering more of the country’s wealth allegedly stolen by corrupt officials and politicians.
 
Convener of the group, Mr Felix Attah made the call in an interview with Daybreak on Friday in Abuja.
Attah noted that in the wake of dwindling revenue due to the outbreak of the Corona Virus, government should explore every avenue to recover stolen funds as a palliative for the loss in oil revenue.
Making particular reference to the country’s wealth allegedly stolen by the former Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, Attah said that he believed there was a lot more stolen funds to be recovered.
“The over N1.7 trillion of the funds recovered from the former head of state only points to the fact that there is more money which only further investigation can reveal.
” I believe that if these funds are recovered and injected into the system, the call by the National Assembly for a downward review of the budget will not arise.”
He commended the efforts of the President Mohhamadu Buhari-led administration so far with regards to recovery of stolen funds adding that the efforts needed to be intensified.

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