Nigeria has entered an agreement with sixteen other African countries to curtail money laundering and terrorism funding in the region.
The countries include Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Comoros, Côte D’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
Secretary to the government of the federation, Boss Mustapha, speaking at the meeting, laments that terrorist groups are waxing strong in the region as a result of multiple sources of funding, adding that they will develop plan that will provide solutions to financial issues associated with terrorism and proliferation of weapons in the region.