The North-East Development Commission (NEDC), the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) and other agencies of the Federal Government under the immediate past president, Muhammadu Buhari regime, have been indicted for N3.8trillion fraud, according to a report by the Nigerian Senate. Also indicted are the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) and over 30 other Ministries, Agencies and Departments (MDAs) for mismanaging N3.8 trillion received from Service Wide Votes (SWV) in four years.
Nigerian Senate Indicts North-East Commission, Hajj Commission, 30 Other Agencies For Embezzling N3.8trillion Service Wide Votes Under BuhariThe North-East Development Commission , the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria and other agencies of the Federal Government under the immediate past president, Muhammadu Buhari regime, have been indicted for N3.8trillion fraud, according to a report by the Nigerian Senate.
The Chairman of the committee, Senator Matthew Urhoghide, had invited 207 government agencies for the investigation, but only 119 agencies appeared, according to the report. He disclosed that some of the MDAs got unsolicited funds from the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation.Senator Urhoghide, furthered that some MDAs collected the fund for projects already executed in the Appropriation Acts over the years.
“The IPPIS intervention towards meeting insufficiencies or shortfalls in Personnel Costs has been bastardised and running into huge sums of money needing legislative scrutiny. The committee also recommended that the Auditor-General for the Federation should be given full access by the Accountant General and other MDAs to audit Service Wide Vote expenditures annually and report to the National Assembly.
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