Punch Newspaper reports that the ex-minister of finance is expected to give reasons why she had reversed the grant approved by former President Goodluck Jonathan.
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
An ad-hoc committee of the House of Representatives, chaired by Hon. Evelyn Oboro plans to summon the former minister of finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala over the reversal of a N1.17bn grant.
“We are interested in who applied for the withdrawal since payment was initiated through an application by the SRRBDA.''
According to the committee “The conduct of post mortem after payments does not seem to promote transparency and accountability.''
“More importantly, there is a need to know how a ministerial directive can override a presidential approval.”
“This is an organisation that can bring a whole lot to the agricultural sector in that region and the country as a whole, yet through whatever we have yet to understand, it was being deliberately starved of funds. We are determined to get to the bottom of the matter.”
The committee also said “We also want to know where the money was returned to after it was withdrawn from the account of the authority. We are interested in how to make agencies of government responsive to the people.''
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