The Nigerian Government has expressed the commitment to the implementation of the 2020 Tripartite Agreement on Recovered looted assets.

The country’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami, SAN, made the commitment during the public engagement on the Monitoring and Use of International Recovered Assets and the launch of the Civil Society Organization’s website held in Abuja, Nigeria’s Capital.

The public engagement session was in line with the 2020 Tripartite Agreement under which the Federal Ministry of Justice, Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority, the Monitoring Civil Society Organization and the CLEEN Foundation are expected to carry out various obligations in the utilization of the recovered assets.

The CSOs are responsible for the monitoring of the implementation of the 2020 Tripartite Agreement signed by the Nigerian government, the United States of America and the Bailiwick of Jersey.

President Muhammadu Buhari’s clarion call and the global engagement by the Federal Ministry of Justice led to the signing of an Asset Return Agreement with Switzerland and the World Bank for the return of 322 Million dollars in 2017.