President Muhammadu Buhari’s legacies, according to the Cleen Foundation, include the actualization of the 2nd Niger bridge and the reconstruction of the Abuja-Kano road.
Gad Peter, the executive director of the foundation, made this statement yesterday in Abuja at the roundtable discussion on asset recovery in Nigeria that was organized by civil society organizations (CSOs).
He claimed that the foundation was chosen by the federal government and the US government in February 2021 to serve as an impartial CSO and successfully oversee the execution of the tripartite accords.
“We appreciate the federal government, the United Kingdom, the US governments and the Ministry of Justice for the partnership and opportunity that enables us to keep a close eye on the full utilisation of the Abacha loot.
“The initial results of this monitoring exercise are promising and there is certainly room for improvements in the project implementation and the monitoring and these legacy projects would successfully reach their completion stages,” Peter said.
On her part, Mrs Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu, the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on International Assets Recovery, Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, said the international assets recovered were highly beneficial to Nigeria and its people.
She said the assets recovered since 2017 from the US, Switzerland, Balbwick of Jersey, Northern Ireland, had aided significant infrastructural development which, when translated, would boost the country’s productivity and citizen’s well-being.