N857bn SWV: Military, Foreign Affairs Ministry, Budget Office, Others, Shun Senate Panel •PCC fails to present record of N1.7bn collected from service wide vote Sunday Aborisade in Abuja Institutions and agencies of the federal govern
Institutions and agencies of the federal government which allegedly benefitted in the alleged secret withdrawal of N875 billion from the Service Wide Vote did not appear before the Senate Public Account Committee, currently probing the matter.
The Committee is specifically looking into the utilisation of the SWV between 2017 and 2021 which was about N5t trillion. The Chairman said: “I don’t know the audacity they have to choose not to appear before the National Assembly Committee. Others are: Foreign Affairs – N96.6 billion; Military – N66.8 billion; SGF- N23.9 billion and National Emergency Management Agency – N2.3 billion collected from Service Wide Votes between 2017 to 2021. Also, the Air Force was said to have collected N14 billion.