African Union Development Agency-new Partnership for Africa’s Development (AUDA-NEPAD) Nigeria has said that illicit financial flows have a significant negative impact on realizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030 and African Union Agenda 2063 ‘Africa We Want, that there is the need for collective efforts from all stakeholders to fight the menace.
The national coordinator/ chief executive officer of AUDA-NEPAD, Princess Gloria Akobundu, while speaking at the high-level side event on the margin of the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, organised by AUDA-NEPAD in collaboration with Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Nigeria.
In a statement signed by the media assistant to NC/CEO, AUDA-NEPAD/APRM Nigeria, Abolade Ogundimu, the event was themed, ‘Food Security Response: Combating Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) and Securing Asset Returns for Sustainable Development and was attended by President Muhammadu Buhari, his counterparts from the continent, as well as strategic stakeholders in Socio-economic development.
