The Senate recently uncovered how the ministry, which is headed by President Muhammadu Buhari, spent N14 million for biros and N46 million for letterhead papers and raised the alarm.
Recall that the NASS is currently at daggers-drawn with the National Petroleum Corporation to explain unauthorised withdrawal of $21 billion from the dividends of the Nigeria LNG Limited.In less than a month, the NASS committee had raised a number of alleged corruption cases across ministries and agencies. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Culture, Nebolisa Anako, was accused of payment of N460 million to contractors without completing the projects.
In the case of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Buhari appointed himself as the head of the ministry in October 2015, naming Ibe Kachikwu as minister of state. Dr. Jamila Shu’ara, a one-time embattled civil servant, who Buhari had extended her tenure despite retirement, was the permanent secretary at the time of the incident.
He also noted that President Buhari may be unconnected with the ministry under him or has deliberately looked away. Centre for Democracy and Development equally condemned the development, stressing that the National Assembly was only barking and may not bite.CDD Director, Idayat Hassan told The Guardian that most of the allegations by the lawmakers in the past remained in limbo without any meaningful result.
Reacting to the development, former president, Campaign for the Defence of Human Rights , Malachy Ugwummadu, stressed that survival of Nigeria is predicated on justice, equity, transparency and accountability in the affairs of government and her interface with citizens.
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