The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Lagos Looters burying stolen funds in forests, burial grounds – FG

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.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji
Lai Mohammed, disclosed this in a statement
issued on Sunday in Lagos.
Mohammed said the whistle blower policy is
working and has led to the recovery of more
looted funds in many currencies.
Mohammed assured in a statement signed by his
Special Adviser, Segun Adeyemi, that all the
recovered looted funds were safe and
government will give full account to Nigerians.
The minister thanked Nigerians for their
enthusiasm and commitment in helping the
government to tackle corruption through
disclosure of useful leads to appropriate
government agencies.
Mohammed said: “Since we launched the whistle
blower policy, we have received immeasurable
support from Nigerians.
“Yes, there is monetary reward for any
information that leads to recovery of looted
funds, but from what we have seen; most of the
Nigerians who have come forward with useful
leads were driven by patriotism rather than
reward.
“Nigerians, fired by a fervid resolve to help
banish corruption from
their country, have daily inundated the offices of
the appropriate
government agencies with valuable information.
“We have been told how looters have resorted to
burying stolen funds in their backyards, in deep
forests and even in burial grounds.
“Thanks to whistle-blowers, it is now clear that a
rapacious few have pillaged the nation’s wealth
through a vicious orgy of corrupt practices.”
The minister, however, noted that more funds
were in the possession of looters than were
available to government at all levels to meets its
obligations, including paying workers’ salaries
and providing social amenities.
Mohammed stressed that the government will
not abandon the policy for whatever reason, but
will continue to rejig it and make it more effective
as a tool for fighting corruption.
The minister assured that as soon as the
necessary reconciliation process and the
litigation in some of the cases were concluded,
government would give full account of the
recovered looted funds to Nigerians.
Mohammed re-assured Nigerians who have
useful information on looted funds that the
government will protect their identities and give
them their stipulated reward.
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