Sanusi Lamido, Yakubu and 14 Others Decleared wanted; Arrest Warrant Signed By The Speaker House Of Rep.
Following the adoption of a motion moved by chairman, House Committee
on Finance, Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin (PDP, Kano), on matters of urgent
public importance, informing the House of failure of revenue collecting
agencies to honour their several invitations and provide details of
their Internally Generated Revenues (IGR) as part of the 2013 budget
revenue frame work, the speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu
Waziri Tambuwal, yesterday, signed a warrant of arrest on heads of the
affected agencies.
Tambuwal then directed Jibrin to write to him and list the erring agencies.A copy of the arrest warrant signed by the Speaker indicated that CBN governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, NNPC Group Managing Director Engr. Andrew Yakubu are among those listed.
To face arrest also include heads of AMCON, FCT, FAAN, Pension Commission of Nigeria, NIMASA, NPA, among others.
Meanwhile, the force police spokesman has said it has not received any warrant from the National Assembly for the arrest of anybody.
It would be recalled that heads of the government agencies in charge of revenue collection had been invited to appear before the House Committee on Finance over the non-remittance of N1.3 trillion revenue to government coffers with most of them failing to appear at the meeting.
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