Abubakar Malami, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, said the council ratified a prisoner-swap arrangement to facilitate the repatriation of Nigerian prisoners in China to serve out their jail terms back home.
Mr Malami stated that the Nigerian prisoners to be affected for now are those imprisoned in Macau, in the south coast of China.
According to him, for the deal to be effective, it will also require ratification by the Chinese authorities.
The minister disclosed that plans were on to sign similar deals with other countries.
He also revealed that the council approved a Federal Government Action Plan on Anti-money Laundering and Combating Financing of Terrorism.
“This was worked out after Nigeria’s recent suspension from Egmont Group,” he added.
The minister expressed the hope the approval would showcase new and more effective measures to combat these vices, as agreed by stakeholders in money laundering and anti-terrorism agencies.
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