Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to transfer N32.7 billion and $445,000 recovered from officials of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs to the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA).
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Falana, who made the call in a statement on August 24 under the Alliance on Surviving Covid-19 and Beyond (ASCAB), said the funds must be redirected to their original purpose of supporting the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP). The scheme covers school feeding, N-Power, conditional cash transfers, and small business support under GEEP.
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He recalled that President Bola Tinubu had in January approved N32.7 billion for NSIP, but the recovered funds have not been remitted to NSIPA despite EFCC’s policy of returning looted money for its intended use.
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Falana commended the commission for the recovery but pressed it to account for an outstanding N20 billion still missing. He stressed that the money must be channelled into easing the hardship of over 133 million Nigerians living in poverty.
Citing increased government revenues, Falana said FAAC shared N2.001 trillion in July and N1.8 trillion in June, insisting that these inflows should fund social protection rather than “token gestures.”
“Governments must move beyond rhetoric and invest meaningfully in social programmes. They must put their money where their mouth is,” he said.
His comments come amid growing demands for transparency in managing social welfare schemes, following multiple corruption scandals tied to funds earmarked for the poor.
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