Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday that the country need more cooperation overseas to recover stolen fund.
The president made the statement while receiving the executive secretary of United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Yury Fedotov, and emphasised that the process had “become tedious’’ to the consternation of many Nigerians.
He urged the UN agency to facilitate the faster recovery of Nigeria’s stolen wealth stashed abroad.
“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.
Source: The Cable
The president made the statement while receiving the executive secretary of United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Yury Fedotov, and emphasised that the process had “become tedious’’ to the consternation of many Nigerians.
He urged the UN agency to facilitate the faster recovery of Nigeria’s stolen wealth stashed abroad.
“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.
Source: The Cable
