The Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari has urged the United
Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to join hands in facilitating and
expediting recovery of Nigeria’s stolen wealth stashed abroad, reports ITRealms.
Receiving the Executive Secretary of UNODC, Mr Yury Fedotov,
Thursday in Abuja, President Buhari said that the process of recovering the
stolen assets had “become tedious’’ to the consternation of many Nigerians.
“We are looking for more cooperation from the EU, United
States, other countries and international institutions to recover the nation’s
stolen assets, particularly proceeds from the stolen crude oil.
“It is taking very long and Nigerians are becoming impatient,”
the President said.
President Buhari told Mr. Fedotov that his government has
worked very hard in the past 11 months to reverse the very negative global
perception of Nigeria on corruption.
“Our genuine efforts to deal with corruption and drugs have
earned us international respect and this has encouraged us to do more’’.
“We know that by fighting the scourge of drugs and corruption
and rebuilding trustworthiness, integrity, good business practices, and
imposing discipline on youths to avoid drugs, we are not doing a favour to the
international community, we are doing a favour to ourselves, ’’ the President
said.
President Buhari also promised that his administration will
work with the UN agency to rehabilitate young Nigerians who have been misled
into consumption of illicit drugs and drug trafficking.
Mr. Fedotov told President Buhari that UNODC has chosen
Nigerian as a pilot country for support and strategic cooperation in the fight
against drugs and corruption.
Nenye Dom/GEE
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