Nigerian officials have been accused of diverting foreign funds set aside for the treatment of HIV/Aids patients as well as other sick people in the country. Nigerian officials' penchant for looting surely knows no bounds as some officials have been caught red-handed stealing $3.8million aid meant to assist the country in battling the scourge of AIDS, Tuberculosis and malaria.The stolen money was donated to Nigeria by Global Fund. It was stolen between 2010 and 2014, part of the locust years of the Goodluck Jonathan administration.
Although Nigeria has agreed to refund the money, Global Fund has applied sanctions on the country, announcing it is suspending aid to Nigeria’s AIDS agency.
The Fund said it has evidence that the money was stolen by workers and consultants of Nigeria’s National Agency for the Control of AIDs (NACA),
Spokesman, Seth Faison said Friday that Nigeria’s government has promised to repay the money to the Geneva-based agency and to prosecute suspects.
A report by the fund’s inspector general says seven government workers and three consultants stole the money over five years between 2010 and 2014.
The report said the fraud continued because the National Agency for the Control of AIDS did not have proper audits.
The missing money is 95 percent of the amount budgeted to implement, administer and train users of a web-based reporting platform but a fraction of the $1.4 billion the fund has spent in Nigeria.
Although Nigeria has agreed to refund the money, Global Fund has applied sanctions on the country, announcing it is suspending aid to Nigeria’s AIDS agency.
The Fund said it has evidence that the money was stolen by workers and consultants of Nigeria’s National Agency for the Control of AIDs (NACA),
Spokesman, Seth Faison said Friday that Nigeria’s government has promised to repay the money to the Geneva-based agency and to prosecute suspects.
A report by the fund’s inspector general says seven government workers and three consultants stole the money over five years between 2010 and 2014.
The report said the fraud continued because the National Agency for the Control of AIDS did not have proper audits.
The missing money is 95 percent of the amount budgeted to implement, administer and train users of a web-based reporting platform but a fraction of the $1.4 billion the fund has spent in Nigeria.
Source: The News Nigeria
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