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Published 25 May 2021
MOST of those invited by the House of Representatives’ Ad Hoc Committee on Assessment and Status of All Recovered Loot, Movable and Immovable Assets from 2002 to 2020 by Agencies of Federal Government of Nigeria for Effective/Efficient Management and Utilisation failed to show up at the investigative hearing held in Abuja on Monday.
The committee consequently dismissed their representatives and summoned the concerned heads of ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government.
Heads of MDAs as well as top officials, the private sector and civil society organisations had been invited to the hearing to explain the status of recovered loot and public assets in the last 18 years.
Excess Crude Account balance as at May 18 stood at $72 4 million - NEC
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