– Senate president, Bukola Saraki, describes claims by the CATBAN group that four principal officers of the National Assembly diverted N630m as false
– Saraki says the current leadership of the National Assembly will not be part of any illegal payment to anybody
Saraki has said there is no truth to the claim by the CATBAN group that that four principal officers of the National Assembly diverted N630m for official accommodation purposes.
Senate president, Bukola Saraki has described a report credited to a group known as Citizen Action to Take Back Nigeria (CATBAN) that the National Assembly leadership collected rent for official accommodation as false.
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Sahara reporters had on Monday, January 30, reported that four principal officers of the National Assembly; including the Senate president, Bukola Saraki; his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu; House of Representatives speaker, Yakubu Dogara; and his deputy, Lasun Yusuf collected the sum of N630m for official accommodation.
But the Senate president in a statement by his special adviser on media and publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu on Tuesday, January 31, said though the four presiding officers were legally entitled to official accommodation, they have been living in their personal residences and do not get paid by any Federal Government agency, Daily Post reports.
“There is no truth to the claim by this group. In fact, during the preparation of the budget, the Senate President and Speaker directed the FCDA to remove the 10 billion Naira voted for the construction of their official residence to save cost,” Saraki said.
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The statement said the current leadership of the National Assembly will not be part of any illegal payment to anybody.
Meanwhile, the Ekiti State House of Assembly has given the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), 21-day ultimatum to commence investigation into the allegation of N40 billion fraud made against the immediate past governor of the state and minister of mines and steel development, Dr Kayode Fayemi and others, or face legal action, accusing the anti-corruption commission of compromise.
The House of Assembly, in a letter reminding the EFCC of the petition it submitted to the commission on October 27, 2016, said; “should the EFCC fail, refuse and or neglect to act on this petition within 21 days of receipt of this letter of reminder; we shall have no option than to institute legal action against you. Consequently, we shall be asking for an order of mandamus compelling you to perform your duties according to the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and the EFCC Act 2004.”
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