National Cash Transfer: ANEEJ Disclaims Its Former Agent, Abdullazeez Bako.

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By Lucky Isibor


The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ has publicly disclaimed  one Abdullazeez Bako, the founder of the Center for Citizens Rights, Lafia, Nasarawa State who has been  arrested for being in possession of E-Wallet payment cards of the National Cash Transfer Programme in Nasarawa State, stating that he's no longer an agent of ANEEJ in the monitoring of the disbursement of Abacha loot.


In a statement signed by ANEEJ Communication Officer, Hussein Adeleye and made available to newsmen states that the said Abdullazeez Bako is neither a staff of ANEEJ nor was he or any of the organisation's monitor authorised to carry out any further monitoring of the returned Abacha loot beyond the MANTRA project field monitoring.

According to the statement, "Our attention has been drawn to the arrest of one Mr. Abdullazeez Bako, Founder of Center for Citizens Right by security agency allegedly for being in possession of yet to be ascertained numbers of E-Wallet payment cards of beneficiaries of the National Cash Transfer Programme in Nasarawa State. 

"The said Mr. Abdullazeez Bako, Director of Centre for Citizens Right, Lafia, Nasarawa State was one of the former monitors hired during the MANTRA project implementation, to monitor cash disbursements in Nasarawa State and has since been disengaged and stopped from monitoring cash transfer programme in the state. 

"Furthermore, the said Mr. Abdullazeez Bako arrested is not a Staff of the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) neither was he or any of our former monitors authorized by our organisation to carry out any further monitoring of returned Abacha loot 
beyond the MANTRA project field monitoring period. 

"Specifically, the said Abdullazeez Bako was told to stop monitoring cash disbursements when he kept sending reports to ANEEJ office in  the month of July 2022."



While urging law enforcement agencies to apprehend any person or group of persons involved in any criminal activity to undermine the smooth disbursement of cash from the Abacha loot to poor beneficiaries nation wide, the statement noted that the over 700 monitors hired by ANEEJ nation wide were mandated to subscribe to ANEEJ Safeguard policy which forbade any monitor or agent from involving in any corrupt practice or criminal activity.

"The over seven hundred (700) monitors hired by ANEEJ nationwide were mandated to subscribe to ANEEJ Safeguard policy which forbade any monitor or agent from involvement in any corrupt practice or criminal activity. 

"Law enforcement agencies are by this notice 
advised to apprehend any person or group of persons who undertake any criminal activity to undermine the smooth distribution of cash to the poor beneficiaries nationwide.

"ANEEJ will continue to work with all key stakeholders, including the NCTO and the beneficiaries to ensure the integrity of the entire cash transfer process. We commend the swiftness with which security agencies tracked and arrested the suspect in reference.

"The National Cash Transfer Office and its agents as well as the security agents should continue 
to deal with any individual or group of persons who perpetrate any act of criminality in the course of cash disbursements to poor Nigerians in accordance with the laws of the land", the statement added.

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