N81.2bn Allegedly Spent On Trees’ Planting Across 11 States, Nigerian Civic Groups Demand EFCC Probe
Civic groups, the Societal Safety Network (SSN) and the Nigeria Citizens Action Group (NCAG) have asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to look into how the National Agency for the Great Green Wall allegedly spent N81.2 billion on planting of 21 million trees across 11 front-line states.
The House of Representatives had on August 30 uncovered documents on how the National Agency for the Great Green Wall allegedly spent N81.2 billion on planting of 21 million trees across Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina, Kano, Jigawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa, Yobe and Borno
Meanwhile, the groups noted that the agency’s Director-General, Dr Yusuf Maina-Bukar, must submit himself to the EFCC in three days for probe or face mass mobilisation of Nigerians.