
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to recover N33.75 billion allegedly stolen from Nigeria's National Social Investment Programme Agency and prosecute the officials responsible. The call relates to the agency, which was transformed into a statutory body under the National Social Investment Programme Agency Act 2022, enacted during the Muhammadu Buhari administration.
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