On Thursday, September 10, 2026, an FBI delegation led by Assistant Law Enforcement Attaché Marcus Maccain visited the EFCC’s Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, where Acting Zonal Director Bawa Usman Kaltungo received the team [Businessday NG, 2026]. The two agencies agreed to deepen intelligence sharing and jointly investigate alleged diversion and mismanagement of funds tied to US government supported programmes, with particular focus on HIV and tuberculosis interventions [The Guild NG, 2026].
Jeremy Kennon, a Special Agent with the US State Department’s Office of Inspector General, told the meeting that earlier US-Nigeria partnerships had funded one-stop treatment centers, but subsequent audits turned up inflated budgets and financial discrepancies in Kano State and other parts of the country [Political Economist, 2026].
Kaltungo pledged that the EFCC would trace the funds to their ultimate beneficiaries, establish how the money was spent, and determine whether any portion was diverted or mismanaged after the programmes were cancelled. He said the investigation would span every state where the affected organisations operated, with the EFCC working alongside the FBI to follow the financial trail [Businessday NG, 2026].
For the patients who depended on those HIV and TB programmes, the story is bigger than an audit. It is a test of whether donor health funding in Nigeria comes with real accountability, or just paperwork.
The Health Factor Africa
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