Senate issues 48 hours ultimatum to Pantami to account for N13.9 billion

The Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy has been issued a 48-hour ultimatum to account for N13.9 billion Service Wide vote collected from 2017

Chairman, Senate Committee on Public Accounts, Senator Mathew Uroghide handed down the ultimatum at an investigative hearing on Tuesday in Abuja.

Alo could not produce documentary evidence, leaving the panelists bewildered on the impunity going on in the Ministry. The request infuriated the lawmakers who disclosed that the Committee battled to have the Ministry’s officials appear before it for the past four months. The lawmaker stated that the Committee has written several letters of invitation but the officials keep reneging.

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