{"id":295822,"date":"2023-11-03T20:50:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T19:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=295822"},"modified":"2023-11-03T20:50:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T19:50:24","slug":"france-set-to-return-150m-abacha-loot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/11\/03\/france-set-to-return-150m-abacha-loot\/","title":{"rendered":"France set to return $150m Abacha loot"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Initiat<\/strong><strong>ed discussions with the Nigerian government in order to allocate the funds<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>France has invested over \u20ac10 billion in Nigeria in the last ten years<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The French Government announced on Friday its decision to return $150 million of the late General Sani Abacha loot.<\/p>\n<p>Since the death of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/08\/06\/remi-tinubu-names-auditorium-after-abachas-widow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abacha<\/a>, who was Nigeria\u2019s military leader from 1993 to 1998, the country has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars heaped abroad.<\/p>\n<p>The visiting France Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Catherine Colonna, who disclosed this in Abuja, said she has informed President Bola Tinubu about the planned return of the seized fund.<\/p>\n<p>Colonna noted that the stolen funds will be returned to the country in the form of grants, and discussions will soon be opened with the Nigerian government on where to invest the funds.<\/p>\n<p>She said, \u201cI also informed President Tinubu that in response to the request submitted by the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Justice, and in agreement with the US Administration, France will return to Nigeria the assets stolen from the Nigerian people by General Sani Abacha and his family, that have been frozen in France since 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will start discussions with the Nigerian administration in order to allocate these $150 million to development projects benefiting the population, according to the priorities of the Nigerian government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The minister noted that France has invested over \u20ac10 billion in Nigeria in the last ten years, with over 100 French companies doing business in the country, creating over 10,000 jobs.<\/p>\n<p>She said, \u201cOver the last ten years and now exceed 10 billion euros. 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