Obi hails EFCC’s N853 billion crime proceeds recovery

…calls for accountability successful management

By John Alechenu, Abuja

The 2023 Labour Party (LP) statesmanlike candidate, Mr Peter Obi, has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for recovering implicit N853 cardinal believed to beryllium proceeds of transgression wrong 1 year.

He described the feat by the anti-graft bureau arsenic a measurement successful the close absorption adjacent though Nigerians were each alert that the betterment was conscionable a tiny fraction of the funds looted from our corporate wealthiness by corrupt leaders.

In a station titled “Making Recovered Funds Impactful” connected his verified X handle, Obi said,

“The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) announcement that ₦853 cardinal has been recovered from transgression proceeds wrong 1 twelvemonth is simply a measurement successful the close direction.

“The Commission deserves our commendation for this effort, adjacent though we are alert it’s conscionable a tiny fraction of the funds looted from the nationalist treasury by the leaders.

“Beyond this recovery, therefore, what genuinely matters is the utilisation of these funds successful a verifiable and accountable manner, specifically successful the captious areas of development, health, education, and poorness alleviation to payment the people.

“Nigerians privation to spot impact. We indispensable beryllium capable to hint wherever and however these recovered funds are invested.

“Currently, we person implicit 20 cardinal out-of-school children successful the country, the highest successful the world. Similarly, we person the highest fig of acutely mediocre successful the world, implicit a 100 million.

“In some cases, it is worse successful the North, and each efforts toward reducing the concern stay imperative.

“If these recovered funds and consequent ones are strategically invested, they would immensely lend to breaking the rhythm of poverty, illiteracy, and insecurity.

“For example, the Federal Government 2024 operational fund for Universal Basic Education publication is astir N251.47 billion, truthful to triple this sum volition beryllium an further N503 billion.

“The remaining 350 cardinal tin beryllium shared straight with 19 Northern provinces for lending microcredit to the poor.

“Most of these states person agelong been applying for arsenic small arsenic $2 cardinal of akin backing from our improvement banks.

“Let this not conscionable beryllium different announcement of recovery. Let it beryllium the opening of a caller epoch of accountability, wherever each kobo retrieved is turned into classrooms, hospitals, skills, and opportunities for mean Nigerians. A New Nigeria is Possible. -PO” End.

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