April 15, 2024
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission- EFCC has said a combined total of N32.7bn and $445,000 has been recovered so far from the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development.
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The commission made this revelation while dispelling commentaries, opinions and insinuations concerning the progress of its investigations into the alleged financial misappropriation in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development.
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Recall that the anti-graft agency has been investigating the suspended Humanitarian Minister, BETTA EDU, her predecessor, SADIYA UMAR-FAROUQ, and the Coordinator of the National Social Insurance Programmes Agency, HALIMA SHEHU following discrepancies discovered in the NSIP programmes
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The EFCC said its investigation has not only been about individuals but about an entire system and what it described as an intricate web of fraudulent practices with banks also involved.
