The Africa network for environment & Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has commended United Kingdom for the return of $73million which translates to about N21.1 billion of the Malabu funds to Nigeria by the UK.
ANEEJ’s Executive Director, David Ugolor who made the commendation in Abuja after confirming the monies have been domiciled with the central bank of Nigeria, added that for the money to be put to good use, civil society organizations must participate in the monitoring of the use of the funds, in the spirit of the MOU which Nigeria signed with the UK government.
Prior to the GFAR summit in Washington in 2017, the federal government of Nigeria, signed a memorandum of understanding with the UK in the spirit of the open government partnership, OGP, and went on to develop an action plan along four thematic areas.
They include, zero tolerance for corruption, access to information, citizen participation and fiscal accountability.