Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has disclosed that it has retrieved an additional $445,000 (£357,000) during its continued investigation into the Ministry of Poverty Alleviation.
This sum is in addition to the approximately $24 million that the EFCC announced last week it had already recovered from the ministry.
The EFCC’s probe has focused on the suspended Nigerian minister, Betta Edu, as well as her predecessors, amid allegations of misappropriating Covid-19 funds and a World Bank loan.
While Dr. Edu has not responded to the EFCC’s recent statement, she has previously refuted any allegations of wrongdoing.