Senate intensifying probe of 'N30trn ways and means' under Buhari, says Isah Jibrin

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Isah Jibrin, chair of an ad hoc senate committee probing the ways and means advances by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, has insisted that funds secured under the former president amounted to N30...

Following a report by TheCable that the probe of the reported N30 trillion ways and means under President Muhammadu Buhari was in limbo, Isah Jibrin, chair of the senate ad hoc committee, says investigation is still ongoing and being intensified.

Jibrin, senator representing Kogi east, said N30 trillion was arrived at on the basis of the documents provided to his committee by the apex bank.Ways and means is a loan facility through which the CBN finances the federal government’s budget shortfalls. “The breakdown is for N30 trillion not N7 trillion. This is what was presented to us by the CBN. You can quote me on that,” he said.“We felt like we needed to get more details. We were told that all the records are domiciled with the auditor-general’s office – that is tenors and repayment schedules.

 

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