The House of Representatives on Monday commenced an investigation into over N15 billion allegedly misappropriated by the Federal Ministry of Power for the implementation of the Kashimbilla hydropower project among others.
Chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts, Hon. Wole Oke, who presided over the investigative hearing held at the National Assembly, also summoned Managing Director/CEO of Aso Savings over the N2 billion audit query issued by the office of the Auditor General of the Federation (oAuGF) in 2015.
The Chairman and members of the Committee who expressed displeasure over unabated breach of extant financial regulations and relevant provisions of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) summoned all the staff of Ministry of Power who failed to retire the advances collected for more than five years.
Worried by the development, the Committee threatened to name and shame the public servants in question.
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