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.
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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.