COVID-19 intervention fund
28 Nov
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the House of Representatives has commenced a full scale probe into alleged mismanagement of COVID-19 intervention funds from 2020 to 2023.
2 Nov
.Move to probe N200b spent on postponed 2023 census The Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Oluwatoyin Madein, has been given 72 hours to submit detailed report on the utilisation of the N100 billion COVID-19 intervention funds released by former President Muhammadu Buhari's administration to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) between 2020 and 2022. Chairman, House…
18 Oct
.Assures Tinubu of compliance with financial act, speedy budget passage House of Representatives has mandated its Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to investigate how N183.9 billion appropriated or disbursed as COVID-19 intervention funds to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government from 2020 to 2022 was spent. The lawmakers alleged that an auditor-general’s report…
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