Analysing Nigeria’s efforts to tackle corruption
By CNBC
28 November 2017 |
12:06 pm
Last week, the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated a three-member committee to audit all assets recovered by relevant agencies of the federal government.
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