The Nigerian Senate has given the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami and its ministry, a 48-hour ultimatum to account for N13.9 billion Service Wide vote collected from 2017 to 2021. This was made known by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Public Accounts, Senator Mathew Uroghide at an investigative hearing on Tuesday in Abuja.
Nigerian Senate Gives Terrorists-Linked Minister, Isa Pantami 48 Hours To Account For N13billion Collected In Three YearsThis was made known by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Public Accounts, Senator Mathew Uroghide at an investigative hearing on Tuesday in Abuja.
This came as the Permanent Secretary of the ministry , William Alo, who had appeared on behalf of the Ministry before the lawmakers was unable to satisfactorily defend the expenditure of a whopping N13.9 billion and he was unable to provide any supporting documentation, which left the panellists perplexed about the Ministry's culture of impunity.
“Only for you to come here today along with the DFA of the Ministry to beg for more time which would not be granted beyond Thursday this week because the committee must submit report to the Senate on how your Ministry and many of the other MDAs are running away from explanations on spendings made from the Service Wide Votes,” he said.
The minister, Pantami, was all over the news in 2021 over his past call to Jihad and his unalloyed support for murderous groups like the Taliban and Al-Qaeda.
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