The Honorable Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu
Tambuwal, yesterday, mandated the Public
Accounts Committee to commence an investigative hearing on the alleged N10
billion air charter services scam involving the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke.
Apparently angered by reports that the House had jettisoned
the probe, the Speaker directed members of
the committee to commence hearing on
the issue. Tambuwal gave the directive barely five minutes after plenary
resumed yesterday.
The directive was greeted with about three minutes of
silence before other matters were tabled before the House.
Earlier On, it was reported that the House, in March 27
plenary, had mandated the accounts committee to commence an investigative
hearing into the scam. The probe, which was slated for April 28, was botched as
the Minister of Petroleum Resources had
gone to court on that same date.
For fear of violating the laws, the lawmakers retraced their
steps, promising to seek legal opinion on the issue. Then the reflection of
most lawmakers was that there was an order restraining the House from probing
Alison-Madueke.
Source: Vanguard
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