The House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee investigating the utilisation of the Ecological Fund realesed for the Great Green Wall has summoned officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Accountant General of Federation over the use of the fund.
Also, the committee summoned officials of the Federal Ministry of Environment and the National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW) to appear before it to answer some questions on the fund.
The House had, in July, passed a resolution in which it resolved to set up an ad hoc committee to investigate the utilisation of the ecological fund and all the contracts awarded for the project from 2015 to date.
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The committee was also mandated to investigate the total sum received through the policy, foreign donations for the initiative and the level of compliance with the goals and objectives of the project.
The resolution followed a motion jointly moved by David Abel Fuoh, Zacharia Nyampa, Shetima Ali Lawan and Olusola Fatoba.
The committee, headed by Ismail Haruna Dabo (APC, Bauchi), also invited all benefitting state governments and other stakeholders that have useful information on the utilisation of the fund to appear before it.
In statement yesterday in Abuja, the committee said the aim of the investigation was to expose corruption, inefficiency or waste in the operations of the Great Green Wall projects in the frontline states.