The House Committee on Public Accounts also summoned the incumbent and former permanent secretaries and desk officers involved in the implementation of the NSIPs in both the ministries and the National Social Investment Office. “Requests for payments from the NSIO office were signed by the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Social Investment. “As members, we can feel the N-Power beneficiaries in the various local government areas and constituencies; nobody is asking you questions about it. But Dotun claimed that Auditor-General said they spent N191bn and we are asking him to retire same. Give us the procurement report and that ends there.”Agba, however, stated that he was not finance minister between 2016 and 2017.

Source: Punch August 07, 2020 03:27 UTC