FG Recovers N540bn Through Whistleblowers – Lai Mohammed ... Leadership news

The whistleblowing policy introduced by the Buhari administration is paying off as the federal government hinted yesterday that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFFC) had so far recovered over N540 billion from it.

Minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who disclosed this yesterday at the 71st General Assembly of the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, also revealed that the EFCC had successfully launched a major onslaught on the high-and-mighty in the society, leading to the recovery of choice assets across the country.

The minister who was represented by the director of Public Relations and Protocol in the ministry, Mr Sunny Adejoh Baba, noted that the suspects include senior military officers and their civilian accomplices who had soiled their hands with shady deals.

“To this end, as at May this year, the EFCC,  through the Whistle Blower Policy, has recovered over N527 billion, $53 million and £122,890,” he said.......  Read more here: https://leadership.ng/2018/11/28/fg-recovers-n540bn-through-whistleblowers-lai-mohammed/