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My father in heaven! Nigerians, we need to take action..as in....we need to speak up and take action! 767 million Nigerian currency on hotel bills only?....is the hotel in heaven?
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim has been summoned by the House of Representatives to explain his office’s role in the N1.2bn fund reportedly spent by the Gen. Theophilus Danjuma-led Presidential Advisory Committee in 2010.
According to the House Committee on Public Accounts chaired by Mr. Solomon Olamilekan, the advisory committee allegedly spent over 30% (about 767 million naira) of the N1.2bn from the Service Wide Vote Account on hotel bills and reservations at the Transcorp Hotel, Abuja.
The money is said to have been released to the committee by the Budget Office of the Federation on the directive of the office of the SGF.In another development, management of Transcorp Hotel has been called to bring documents to prove that the N767m was really spent on bills at the hotel by the advisory committee.The Director-General, Budget Office, Dr. Bright Okogu, however told the committee that his office isn't to blame for how the money was spent. According to Okogu, “These funds you mentioned were not spent by the budget office. There were directives to release money to agencies, to put the records straight.The PAC was under the SGF and the chairman was T.Y. Danjuma. It was an ad hoc committee that did its assignment and folded up. I cannot account for the money, the budget office did not spend the money".
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