President Muhammadu Buhari has set up an inter-agency Presidential Committee on Asset Recovery as part of the efforts to strengthen the ongoing fight against corruption. The committee is headed by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this when he received the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa, Mr. Mohammed Ibn Chambas, in Abuja on Friday. This was contained in a statement issued by the Special Assistant to the Minister on Media, Mr. Segun Adeyemi.
The minister also called for the support of the UN in fighting corruption, which he said was as dangerous and devastating as the fight against insecurity.