The British Government on Tuesday said it
would ensure that looted funds from Nigeria in the UK were repatriated
for the benefit and development of the leading African country.
Britain’s Minister of African Affairs,
Mr. Grant Shapps, said this in Kaduna, on Tuesday, during the
inauguration of £100m programme on public sector and good governance.
Shapps said that Britain would help Nigeria improve her security and prosperity.
He said the incidence of corruption in
Nigeria directly affects Britain, adding that the European country would
provide Nigeria with the expertise to tackle corruption.
Admitting that no country was immune to
corruption, Shapps said that the solution to the menace was in the
evolution of good governance.
He said, “Nigeria matters to the UK. The
UK is fully committed to helping Nigeria increase its security,
stability and prosperity.
“Tackling corruption is imperative to that. We share and support President Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment to rooting it out.
“We will continue to provide capacity
building and technical and investigative support to Nigeria to tackle
corruption and we are scaling up this support. We have an opportunity
now to develop a comprehensive partnership across these areas.”
Speaking on the occasion, Kaduna State
Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, said the emergence of Buhari was a divine
intervention aimed at reposition the country.
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