.NGRSenate panel summons Zainab Ahmed over unexplained N206bn in humanitarian ministry’s budget | TheCable
Yusuf Yusuf, the committee’s chairman, issued the summon when Sadiya Farouq, minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, appeared before the panel for the defence of the ministry’s 2023 budget on Monday.
Ishaku Abbo, a member of the committee, asked Farouq about the nature of the projects to be implemented with N206 billion the minister plans to borrow. “In 2023, you intend to borrow N206 billion for a project. What are the projects to be implemented and is it captured in the medium term expenditure framework?” NAN quoted Abbo as saying.In her response, Farouq said: “Yes, we made mention of the projects for 2022 which were not released and part of it was part for the North-East Development Commission .
“This is all I can say for this. I cannot really give full details of how this amount is going to be utilised because it is something that was negotiated between the ministry of finance and World Bank.” Yusuf, therefore, approved the motion to summon the finance minister to appear before the committee to give explanation on the N206 billion.
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