{"id":57276,"date":"2017-04-16T21:41:20","date_gmt":"2017-04-16T20:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=57276"},"modified":"2017-04-16T21:41:20","modified_gmt":"2017-04-16T20:41:20","slug":"fg-says-stolen-funds-buried-burial-grounds-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/fg-says-stolen-funds-buried-burial-grounds-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"FG Says Stolen Funds Buried In Burial Grounds, Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government says its anti corruption agencies have been<br \/>\ninundated with information of how looters have resorted to burying stolen<br \/>\nfunds in their backyards, deep forests and burial grounds.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who<br \/>\ndisclosed this in a statement issued <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1431379913\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Sunday<\/span><\/span> in Lagos, said the whistle<br \/>\nblower policy is working and has led to the recovery of more looted funds<br \/>\nin many currencies.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed assured in a\u00a0statement signed by his Special Adviser, Mr Segun<br \/>\nAdeyemi,\u00a0that all the recovered looted funds were safe and government will<br \/>\ngive full account to Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>The minister thanked Nigerians for their enthusiasm and commitment in<br \/>\nhelping the government to tackle corruption through disclosure of useful<br \/>\nleads\u00a0to appropriate government agencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince we launched the whistle blower policy, we have received<br \/>\nimmeasurable support from Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, there is monetary reward for any information that leads to recovery<br \/>\nof looted funds, but from what we have seen, most of the Nigerians who<br \/>\nhave come forward with useful leads were driven by patriotism rather than<br \/>\nreward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dNigerians, fired by a fervid resolve to help banish corruption from their<br \/>\ncountry, have daily inundated the offices of the appropriate government<br \/>\nagencies with valuable information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been told how looters have resorted to burying stolen funds in<br \/>\ntheir backyards, in deep forests and even in burial grounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThanks to whistle-blowers, it is now clear that a rapacious few have<br \/>\npillaged the nation\u2019s wealth through a vicious orgy of corrupt practices,\u201d<br \/>\nhe said.<\/p>\n<p>The minister, however, noted that more funds were in the possession of<br \/>\nlooters than were available to government at all levels to meets its<br \/>\nobligations including paying workers\u2019 salaries and providing social<br \/>\namenities.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that the government will not abandon the policy for whatever<br \/>\nreason, but will continue to rejig it and\u00a0make it more effective as a tool<br \/>\nfor fighting corruption.<\/p>\n<p>The minister assured that as soon as the necessary reconciliation process<br \/>\nand the litigation in some of the cases were concluded, government would<br \/>\ngive full account of the recovered looted funds to Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed re-assured Nigerians who have useful information on looted funds<br \/>\nthat the government will protect their identities and give them<br \/>\ntheir\u00a0stipulated reward.<br \/>\nNAN<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government says its anti corruption agencies have been inundated with information of how looters have resorted to burying stolen funds in their backyards, deep forests and burial grounds.&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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