Post Edited: Boko Haram: EFCC goes tougher on NGOs in North-east
The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , Ibrahim Magu, has said all not-for-profit organisations moving cash in the North-east must secure clearance from the commission.
Also in the statement, Mr Magu disclosed that the EFCC “has been keeping an eye on the activities of persons and groups serving as humanitarian or aid workers within this region”. “We discovered that there is a lot of corruption and illicit financial flow in their operations,” he said.last year, the UN said “the number of doctrinally based NGOs sending funds to local terrorist groups was growing”.
He said the EFCC has been monitoring undeclared cash above N1 million, by individuals and organisations in Borno and Yobe states,
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