Senate Committee Summons Finance Minister Over Military Funding

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The Senate committee on Army on Thursday summoned the Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed, to give account of releases to the military for operation Lafiya Dole and the war on terrorism. The committee issued the summons after the Minister was absent at a meeting called by the committee. The Permanent Secretary of the ministry of … Continue reading Senate Committee Summons Finance Minister Over Military Funding

The Senate committee on Army on Thursday summoned the Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed, to give account of releases to the military for operation Lafiya Dole and the war on terrorism.The Permanent Secretary of the ministry of Finance Aliyu Shinkafi represented the Minister but the committee was dissatisfied and insisted that the minister must appear before them.

The Permanent Secretary however told the committee that N75 billion was appropriated and released in 2019 while additional funds appropriated from the service wide votes was also released 100 percent. The sum of 2.5 billion was also released.In 2021, N100 billion has been appropriated and N19.4 billion released for the first quarter.

 

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By summon they mean demand for their own share of the funds

Good good.

Hmmmmm and what will happen after the summoned? Abeg, God bless Nigeria.

Nigeria don’t worry keep being in denial. Nigerian politicians keep overpaying & looting the meagre revenue we have. Imagine you’re overpaying yourselves more than any country in the world & now VP Osinbajo is crying wolf about poverty & debt. Nigeria is not a serious nation.

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Good to know because of the present security challenges in the country.

Lol.... Hilarious people.

The real fraudsters

Ndi ara ndi ara

This woman has embezzled so much funds from this nation. In a sane country, she should be in jail. Efcc will never go after people like this

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