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FG Moves To Secure List Of Properties Owned By Nigerians In Dubai

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Few weeks after President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the federal government has revealed that efforts were in top gear to secure a list of Nigerians who owned choice properties in the country from proceeds of fraud. 

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, while briefing the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs during the budget defence of the ministry, said the Nigerian government was in talks with the UAE government  in getting a list of all properties owned by Nigerians. 

According to him, with the presence of the new All Progressives Congress (APC) government and the change mantra, Nigeria’s diplomatic missions will be repositioned to effectively carryout their functions. 

On the issue of money laundering and the role of Nigeria’s foreign missions abroad, ?he disclosed that the Ministry is presently engaged  in the recovery of over $300 million laundered money in the State of New Jersey in the United States of America.

Meanwhile, a Senate panel has urged foreign missions abroad to be watchdogs of the federal government in its fight against money laundering which has made countries abroad their safe havens. 

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Plateau State Secure, Safe For Investment- Lalong

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The Governor of Plateau State, Mr. Simon Lalong, on Thursday said the people of the state now enjoy peace, having successfully overcome the security challenge that bedevilled it.

He said the state government will do everything possible to push for the reactivation of the Inland Dry Container Port being executed by the federal government in Jos, the state capital.

Lalong, who made the statements during a working visit to the management of the Nigerian Shippers Council in Abuja, said that contrary to fears created in the minds of people about the security situation in the Plateau, the entire state now enjoys relative peace and order.

He said Plateau state is about 80% peaceful.

“Apart from the issue of cattle rustling that is also rampant in other parts of the north, the state is now enjoying a peaceful atmosphere, which is good for business. I must say that we have received a lot of cooperation from Mr. President, because anything we ask in terms of security, we always get. So, for now we have a very peaceful atmosphere for people to invest,” he said.

He expressed the hope that as soon as the Inland Dry Port project is completed, actual export and import business will boom  in the Plateau.

He said having been informed of the reasons why the project was kept on hold, his administration would take immediate measures to reactivate it.

“I am personally interested because he said the idea of the ICD was mooted when I was the Speaker of the House of Assembly but was disappointed the project has been abandoned,” he said.

Credit: ThisDay