Ways and Means: Senate extends committee deadline by two months
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The Senate has extended the deadline given to the committee probing the N30tn Ways and Means secured by the Federal Government from the Central Bank of Nigeria under Godwin Emefiele.
The extension was granted following a request by the chairman of the panel, Senator Isah Jibrin, (APC, Kogi East), on Thursday.
At the inauguration of the panel, On March 11, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, had given the 17-member panel six weeks to probe the Ways and Means.
The panel resumed physical meetings on Tuesday after receiving more documents from the office of the Accountant General.
The panel had written to the OAGF seeking additional documents to deepen its probe of the controversial N30tn loan obtained by the President Muhammadu-led administration.
Confirming the receipt of the document, Jibrin said the AGF had sent the documents to the National Assembly.
Anambra community seeks Soludo’s help to check land grabbing
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Indigenes of Ifite Nteje community in the Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State have appealed to the state governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, to implement the report of the White Paper of the panel of inquiry set up by the state government to investigate land grabbing activities that had allegedly caused loss of lives and destruction of properties in the community.
The community, during a protest on Friday also urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to make public the report of the investigation the state government mandated it to carry out on the sale of their lands by some individuals who claimed to be Land Management Committee in the community.
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The protesters carried placards with various inscriptions such as “No more land grabbing of Ifite Nteje land,” “Governor Soludo, come to our rescue, implement the report of the Panel of Inquiry white paper,” and “EFCC, make public the report of you investigations on Ifite Nteji fraudulent land sales,” among other inscriptions.
While marching round major roads in the community, including the ever-busy Ugwu Nengo Road and Airport Road, the protesters advised those who are claiming to have bought land from the said “illegal” land committee to go back to them for a refund.
Corruption must be tackled for economy to grow -EFCC boss
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The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has said Nigerian youths are getting deeply involved in all manner of cybercrimes.
He said this was harmful to their future and would tarnish the country’s image, adding that the economy can only grow if corruption is tackled.
The EFCC boss had on Thursday stated that the country lost over $500m to the activities of internet fraudsters.
He also added that several international companies had to shut down their Nigerian operations following massive theft of their finances through local wire fraud.
Taraba gov promises to complete ongoing projects
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Taraba State Governor, Dr. Agbu Kefas, on Friday, pledged to complete all key infrastructural projects inherited by his administration.
Kefas made the pledge during the inspection of the ongoing Mararraba – Baissa – Abong Road project awarded by the immediate governor of the state, Darius Ishaku.
The governor, who acknowledged the delay in releasing more funds to the contractors handling the construction of the road, noted that there was a need to justify the resources already committed to the project before more funds would be allocated to the companies.
“I have been receiving pressure from the contractors to pay them but we need to see the level of work don