NiMET has told the House Committee on Public Account that the COVID fund it received was used as payment for its staff’s 13th month salary. The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has said the COVID-19 intervention fund released to it in 2020 was used for the payments of 13th-month salary to all its staff. The agency disclosed this during an investigative hearing with the House of Representatives Public Account Committee on Thursday, January 24, 2024. According...
The Public Account Committee of the House has frowned at the Nigeria Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD) for spending COVID-19 funds on other projects. The House of Representatives Public Account Committee (PAC) has faulted the Nigeria Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD) for using COVID-19 funds released in 2020 to execute other projects in 2023. During an investigative hearing on Wednesday, January 24, the committee chairman, Rep Bamidele Salam (PDP, Osun), pointed...
The PAC of the House of Reps has ordered the Rural Electrification Agency to refund the sum of N133m to govt coffers The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) House of Representatives has uncovered the sum of N133.476 million unused COVID-19 funds domiciled in the accounts of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA). It said the funds represent the balance from the sum of N12.424 billion appropriated for the agency by the National Assembly. The Committee chaired by...
The Public Account Committee kicked against the release of funds into private accounts by the Ministry of Aviation. The House of Representatives, Public Accounts Committee (PAC), has criticised the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace for releasing funds which summed up to more than N250m into personal accounts in 2020. The committee chaired by Rep. Bamidele Salam (PDP, Osun) queried the disbursement of N100m and N196m to individual bank accounts on behalf of two corporate associations. ...
It was revealed at the PAC hearing on Thursday that the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) spent a whooping sum of N3.543 billion from COVID-19 funds on furniture grants. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the House of Representatives has heard how the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) spent the sum of N3.5 billion from its COVID-19 funds on what it termed ‘Furniture Grant’. The panel is probing the “alleged utilisation and mismanagement of...
The House of Reps has ordered the Ministry of Trade and Investment to refund the sum of N75 billion COVID-19 funds. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the House of Representatives has ordered the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Trade and Investment to immediately refund the sum of N75 billion COVID-19 funds into the federation account. The Committee chairman, Rep. Bamidele Salam (PDP, Osun) gave the directive on Thursday during an investigative hearing. The panel is...
Members of the House of Reps have questioned the Ministry of Health over the augmentation of contracts by the Ministry and over unused N10 billion COVID-19 funds. The House of Representatives, Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chaired by Rep. Bamidele Salam (PDP, Osun) has queried the Ministry of Health for raising the contract sum for the procurement of oxygen plants from the initial sum approved by the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP). The Committee also asked...
The House of Reps is demanding an investigation into the Ibadan explosion and an arrest of the culprits. The House of Representatives has called for an extensive probe into the explosion in Ibadan, Oyo state, that resulted in the death of 3 people, and 77 persons sustaining injuries on Tuesday, January 16, 2023. The House also called for the arrest and prosecution of persons suspected to be responsible for the blast. In a statement issued...
The House of Reps will commence an investigative hearing on the alleged misappropriation of COVID-19 funds, expended between 2020 – 2022, on Wednesday, January 16, 2023. The House of Representatives is set to commence an investigation on the alleged mismanagement of COVID-19 funds released between 2020 to 2022. In a statement issued on Tuesday, January 16, 2024, by Rep. Akin Rotimi (APC, Ekiti), Chairman, House Committee on Media & Public Affairs, a series of hearings has...
The House of Reps has reiterated its dedication to ensuring that the Nigerian Armed Forces is provided with the support it requires.  The House of Representatives has vowed to continuously support the Nigerian armed forces by swiftly approving the required supplementary and substantive appropriations it requires. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Chairman, House Committee on Media & Public Affairs, Akin Alabi (APC, Oyo) on Monday, January 15, 2024, in commemoration...
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