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Nigeria orders investigation into second fake government agency
AP News • • world
Key Points:
- Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has ordered an investigation into Musa Adamu Aliyu, accused of creating and running a fake government agency called the National Brands Development and Made in Nigeria Special Project Office.
- The bogus agency was operating illegally from a government office and was headed by George Buchi Nwabueze, who is now subject to an arrest warrant.
- This is the second fake government agency uncovered recently under Tinubu’s administration, following the discovery of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council, which had operated for years and accessed public funds.
- Authorities have suspended three senior government officials amid concerns that perpetrators may be working with high-level officials to siphon money from the national budget.
- The investigation into the first fake agency led to the discovery of the second, though it remains unclear if the accused individuals profited from these schemes.
