The Senate Committee on Works has said there is no going back on its decision to remove the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria from the 2023 budget.
In response to Aliero’s question, Bello said COREN remitted N45 million to the federation’s account. Upon learning of the poor remittance, lawmakers directed COREN officials to produce evidence of remittances to the federation.
A member of the committee, Senator George Sekibo, said there was no justification to continue to place COREN under the federal budget as it could stand alone as a professional body like Nigeria Bar Association, Nigeria Medical Association, and other professional bodies. He said, ”How can COREN spend about N1.2bn on annual conference and remit just N45 million into the federation accounts? The government needs money to provide infrastructure to Nigerians. COREN should be made to stand as a professional body and stay out of money from the government.”
The chairman of the committee suspended further consideration of COREN’s budget and directed the COREN registrar to provide evidence of remittance to the federation accounts.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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