Tag: COVID-19 Funds
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How some people became billionaires embezzling COVID-19 funds – Federal lawmaker
The lawmaker representing Ukwa East and Ukwa West Federal constituency of Abia state, Honourable Uzoma Nkem-Abonta, on Tuesday alleged that COVID-19 funds were being misappropriated in Nigeria. The House of Representatives is reportedly set to commence a probe into how N83.9 billion appropriated for the response to COVID-19 in the 2020 Appropriation Act was spent.…
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Alleged diversion of N2.6bn school feeding funds: Buhari’s minister speaks
The Minister of of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq has challenged the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Offence Commission, ICPC to publish the names of persons, federal colleges and school heads responsible for alleged diversion of N2.72b budgeted for School feeding during COVID-19 lockdown to private accounts. The Minister…
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JUST IN: ICPC quizzes top NDDC officials over alleged diversion of N5.4bn COVID-19 funds, others
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it recently quizzed top officials of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) over various allegations of corruption. Mrs Azuka Ogugua, Spokesperson of the Commission, said this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Ogugua said the allegations included diversion of funds, procurement fraud and…
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Falana to CBN: Tell us how you spent N338bn COVID-19 funds
Popular activist and human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has written a letter to the Central Bank of Nigeria demanding (CBN) demanding information on how the N338.6bn COVID-19 fund was spent. Falana said this in a letter titled, ‘Request for Detailed Information on Beneficiaries of N338.66bn Coronavirus (COVID-19) Intervention Funds Disbursed Across Various Sectors…
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Controversy over disbursement of N2.7bn Covid-19 funds in Oyo as UCH denies receiving N118m
The University College Hospital has denied receiving any money from the Oyo State Government in its fight against COVID-19 in the state. The Public Relations Officer of the hospital, Toye Akinrinlola, made this known in a press statement on Wednesday. Recall that TheNEwsGuru(TNG) had earlier reported that Oyo had claimed that over N2.7 billion had…
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Donations: SERAP demands weekly publication of spending details on COVID-19
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal Government to “publish weekly details of exact funds and other resources allocated by the authorities and received from the private sector, as well as details of use and planned use of any such funds and resources to combat the spread of coronavirus (or COVID-19) in…