Nigeria Receives $52.88 Million Recovered Assets Linked to Diezani From USA
The Nigerian government officially received $52.88 million in recovered Galactica assets linked to former Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison Madueke from the united states.
At a signing ceremony at Abuja on friday,Attorney General and of Justice Lateef Fagbemi,confirmed the handover.
Fagbemi explained the $50 million of the recovered assets will be allocated to rural electrification project through the World Bank.While the remaining $2million will go International Institute of Justice to strengthen the judicial system and fight corruption.
He also highlighted that this asset recovery marks step in ongoing partnaship between Nigeria and United States to combat corruption and uphold rule of law
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