Dubai, the commercial city in
UAE; the UK and the US are among the favourite destinations for corrupt
Nigerian government officials to invest heavily in real estate.
In August last year, President
Muhammadu Buhari signed an agreement with the UAE to enable the federal
government extradite and prosecute its citizens who launder ill-gotten wealth.
The federal government and some
foreign countries including the United Kingdom have also started the automatic
exchange of tax information (AETI) on overseas assets owned by Nigerians.
Kemi Adeosun, minister of
finance, said the government had sent letters to request for specific
information about offshore accounts held by Nigerians.
The government has also
consistently talked about obtaining details of Nigerians with properties abroad
for investigation purposes.
Giving his take on the matter via
Twitter on Saturday, Sani said in the spirit of transparency, the government
should ask for an open publication of names of those stashing ill-gotten wealth
abroad.
He wrote: “I don’t support the
federal government asking the US, UK and Dubai authorities to give the federal
government the list of Nigerian properties owners in those countries.
“I’m in support of the federal
government asking those countries to openly publish their names.”
Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everydayI don’t support the FG asking the US,UK and Dubai authorities to give the FG the list of Nigerian properties owners in those countries.I’m in support of the FG asking those countries to openly publish their names.Transparency is with the later.— Senator Shehu Sani (@ShehuSani) March 10, 2018
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