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123 COMPANIES LINKED WITH TERRORISM FINANCING IDENTIFIED

 

123 companies, 33 BDCs linked to terrorism financing -FG

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed


The Federal Government has uncovered 123 companies, and 96 others linked to terrorism financing, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said.

He stated this on Thursday at a press conference, saying that the suspected companies and individuals were uncovered by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit.

He said, “To check terrorism financing in Nigeria, the Federal Government has deployed a plethora of tools, including the Money Laundering Act, 2004, the EFCC Act, 2004, the ICPC Act, 2000, Department of State Services and the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit to deal with the issue of corruption, money laundering and terror financing. The ongoing harmonization of Bank Verification Numbers with National Identification Numbers is also a means of tracking the flow of funds within Nigeria and, by extension, tackling terror financing.”

Mohammed added, “For its part, the analysis by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, in 2020-2021, revealed 96 financiers of terrorism in Nigeria, 424 associates/supporters of the financiers, involvement of about 123 companies and 33 bureaux de change, in addition to identifying 26 suspected bandits/kidnappers and 7 co-conspirators.

“The analysis has resulted in the arrest of 45 suspects who will soon face prosecution and seizure of assets. Also, from its analysis of tax evasion and tax avoidance linked to corruption, NFIU has identified N3,909,707,678,112.43 in VAT and N3,737,918,335,785.82 in Withholding Tax due to the Government.


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