Nigeria Law
Looted Funds

20199.· ₦2bn· Chapter I · Money

Maina Pension Funds

Abdulrasheed Maina convicted (FHC Abuja, Nov 2021): 8-year sentence; ₦2bn forfeiture. Pension Reform Task Team funds case.

Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, was convicted by the FHC Abuja (Okon Abang J.) on 8 November 2021 on 12 counts of money laundering. Sentenced to 8 years; ₦2bn forfeited.

Sources

  • · FRN v. Maina, FHC/ABJ/CR/256/2019

What it cost — political & economic reality

The political and economic reality

Nigeria in 2019: who was in charge, the cabinet of the day, the GDP, and the crises that defined the period.

President · Fourth Republic

Muhammadu Buhari

2015–2023· APC

National reality

Two recessions (2016, 2020). Multiple naira devaluations. ASUU strike of 2022 closed federal universities for ~9 months. End SARS protests (Oct 2020); Lekki Toll Gate incident. Out-of-school children >18 million by 2022.

Crises of the period

  • 2016 recession + FX crisis
  • End SARS + Lekki Toll Gate (Oct 2020)
  • COVID-19 lockdown (2020)
  • 9-month ASUU strike (2022)
  • Naira redesign chaos (Q1 2023)

GDP (World Bank)

$494 bn (2015) → $477 bn (2022)

Cabinet (selected portfolios)

  • Finance

    Kemi Adeosun (2015–18); Zainab Ahmed (2018–23)

  • Justice (AGF)

    Abubakar Malami (SAN)

  • Education

    Mallam Adamu Adamu (2015–23)

  • Petroleum

    Muhammadu Buhari (concurrent); Min. of State Ibe Kachikwu then Timipre Sylva

Source: Federal Gazette 2015–23; CBN; NBS

Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Redline

Wikipedia is never a source.