Imo State Governor Emeka Ihedioha, who dropped the hint in a chat with State House reporters after yesterday’s NEC meeting, said the panel has a mandate to review the companies’ ownership status.Ihedioha stated that “NEC resolved to constitute an ad hoc committee, including Kaduna Governor Nasiru El-Rufai, as well as governors representing the six geo-political zones, to do the review.
On what gave rise to the discussion on the NDPHC, the governor said an issue came up in terms of ownership between the Federal Government and state governments. Ihedioha said that the Accountant-General of the Federation, on behalf of the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, also briefed the council on the balances of national accounts.
Speaking on the approval, NSIA’s Managing Director Uchechi Orji, said the NEC constituted a committee to work out modalities for collaboration between the agency and the National Pension Commission on how to channel pension funds for investment. “Other projects under the PIDF, include the Mambila Hydro Power project and East-Ways Road,”, he noted.
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