Abuja — The Home of Representatives has queried the expenditure of N186 billion reportedly spent by the federal authorities up to now on College feeding programme and has resolved to hold out a complete investigation of the funds for accountability.
The Nationwide Coordinator of the College Feeding Programme, Dr. Mrs Sinkaye Temitope and Nationwide Security Internet Coordinating Officer,
Mr. Iowa Apera instructed the Home Committee on Public Accounts that N64billion out of N186 billion stated to have been spent was spent on feeding the college pupils alone.
The Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Busayo Oluwole Oke and different members of the committee expressed displeasure over the event, describing it as outrageous and unacceptable.
Consequently, the Committee presently investigating the administration and utilisation of the Presidential Process Power PTF on COVID-19 nevertheless demanded an entire challenge audit of the programme instantly
The lawmakers had been visibly angered by a doc submitted to the committee which confirmed that the NICTO workplace acquired a credit score of $400 million from the World Financial institution, $321 million from Abacha Restitution and one other $400 million stated to be steadiness from the federal government fairness fund.
The Nationwide Coordinator instructed the lawmakers that the feeding programme had been ongoing since 2016 when the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs initiated it and had up to now gulped N186 billion in totality.
In response to her, the price range breakdown confirmed that N63.2 billion, N32.2 billion and N124.four billion had been spent by the workplace in 2018, 2019 and 2020 respectively.
Different committee members together with Hon. Chudi Momah (Anambra, APGA) and Hon. Miriam Onuoha (Imo, APC) denounced the report saying that many colleges and communities had been but to profit from faculty feeding programme.
Momah was visibly enraged because it was documented that 200,000 pupils from completely different households had benefited from it from Ihiala LGA of Anambra State, which he refuted.
Oke stated that the committee would have a look at the paperwork submitted, including that the funds mighty not have handed via appropriation by the Nationwide Meeting.
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