DID YOU KNOW?

Nigeria got $5.6bn from foreign/domestic donors to combat the #COVID19 crisis. Pres @Mbuhari also released N2.3trn stimulus package to cushion the economic effects of the pandemic on small businesses and vulnerable groups.

How were these funds managed?

#THREAD Findings have shown that only less than 10% of the funds have been accounted for. Fact? The flow of funds makes corruption and emergencies feed off each other, as the need for urgency in disbursing aid or stimulus packages form a perfect avenue for massive corruption.

PRESS STATETMENT:

#COVID19 Palliatives Looting: #FollowTheMoney calls on @ICPC_PE, @officialEFCC, @NigFiu to Investigate MDAs. Following the discovery of Govt storehouses for #COVID19 palliatives and the looting spree across the country, leading social accountability initiative, #FTM, has called for the @officialEFCC @ICPC_PE to investigate MDAs responsible for the acquisition/distribution of the items.

On Tuesday, November 26, 2014, the Nigerian government approved NGN9, 287,250,000.00 for the distribution of 750, 000 Clean Cook Stoves and 18,000 Wonder bags to rural women, in a bid to stop the depletion of forest resources caused by indiscriminate felling of trees. The approval followed a memo presented by the Minister of Environment at the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting with the Federal Government. The council ratified the President’s anticipatory approval for the contract in favors of Messrs Integra Renewable Energy Services Ltd