Twenty-one people benefited from the arms funds allegedly diverted and disbursed by Sambo Dasuki, former national security adviser (NSA), the federal government disclosed on Friday. Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, made the disclosure at a meeting with online media publishers in Lagos. On Monday, the minster also revealed that 55 people stole N1.34trn from the public till in seven years. Speaking with publishers in the online media, Mohammed assured them that the federal government would not regulate their practice in the country, but urged them to self-regulate. “if the online publications suffer credibility problems, they stand the risk of losing the confidence of their readers and the advertisers who provide the lifeblood for the publications’ survival,” he said. The minister promised that the federal government would patronise the online media through adverts, saying: “All we ask for, in return, is that you provide accurate information to the people, and avoid sensationalism and partisanship.” He sought the publishers’ support to ensure the success of the government’s campaign against corruption. “The national security awareness campaign, aimed at rallying the support of Nigerians for the war on terror, is ongoing. Also, the national sensitisation campaign against corruption was formally launched in Abuja on Monday, and it is aimed at rallying Nigerians against the cankerworm of corruption, which has eaten deep into the fabric of our society. We are also preparing to launch a national re-orientation campaign, which is tagged ‘change begins with me’, to achieve a paradigm shift in the way we do things,” Mohammed said. Describing the war against corruption as one of the cardinal programmes of the Buhari administration, he said: “Some have said the government is dwelling too much on the war against corruption to the detriment of other areas of governance. Our response to that is that indeed, there is nothing like dwelling too much on this war, which is a war of survival for our nation. “The situation is grim, very grim indeed, as far as corruption is concerned. That is why the federal government is embarking on this sensitisation campaign our approach is not to vilify anyone but to use facts and figures to give Nigerians a sense of the cost of corruption.” Giving an analysis of the number of those who benefitted from the funds allegedly collected from the office of the national security adviser (ONSA) and funds allocated for the 2015 zonal Intervention projects, he said: “The amount received by 21 individuals and companies from ONSA is more than the 2015 zonal intervention project budget by N2.829bn. “Whereas the sum of N51.829bn was appropriated for 1,278 projects in the zonal intervention projects for 2015, a total of 21 individuals and companies benefited from the Dasukigate to the tune of N54.659bn as we know so far. “The implication, therefore, is that the amount received by 21 individuals and companies is more than the 2015 zonal intervention project budget by N2.829bn. “Furthermore, the value of what beneficiaries of Dasukigate contributed to development is zero, compared to how the lives of Nigerians would have been transformed, poverty reduced and livelihoods impr

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No wonder you got much money than three ministries put together. More money for propaganda. Transportation+water resources+industry=Information+(some fraction).

This man must still be caught up in the aura of being APC's chief propagandist so much that he has forgotten he's now the minister of information for the country, everyone regardless of party lines and not APC.

The names of those who voluntarily returned looted funds are yet to be released abi Nigerians done let that one slide?

The names of the 55 people and 21 people need to be released. We deserve more than blanket statements, this is the government of change, we need facts.

lie Mohammed, how many change agents will your robust 40 billion yams benefit?

Believing what this man says is like gambling.

You fit believe am now and find out later that it was a lie and he will distance himself from it.

Take him to court and jail him if found guilty. Let's hear word!

Believe this minister for lie lie @ ur own risk..

Today 1 trn, tomorrow 2.1 billion dollars, next tomorrow 6 billion dollars, which kain money be dis? Where dem dey hide dis kain money sef?

Believe Lie Mhmd at your own peril.

This man has come again o....Nigeria is falling apart and he is this calling figures....apc is really a scam

Amazing insight in the "Dasukigate"