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  • JUST IN: Buhari meets NGF, security council in Aso Rock

    JUST IN: Buhari meets NGF, security council in Aso Rock

    President Muhammadu Buhari is currently in another crucial meeting with members of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) and the security council at the State House, Abuja.

    The meeting, which is sequel to the one held with the North East Governors’ Forum (NEGF), is mostly virtual, as most of the participating governors are linking via video call.

    Physically present at the virtual meeting are the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN); the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha; the National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (Rtd); the Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari; the service chiefs and the various heads of other security agencies.

    The governors that joined virtually were chairman of the NGF security council and governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, Bayelsa, Senator Douye Diri, Borno, Babagana Zulum, Ebonyi, David Umahi, and Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

  • NGF urges NASS to step down proposed Control of Infectious Diseases Bill

    NGF urges NASS to step down proposed Control of Infectious Diseases Bill

    The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has urged the National Assembly to step down the proposed Control of Infectious Diseases Bill 2020, pending wider consultations.

    The NGF advised the lawmakers to stay action until an appropriate consultative process was held on Bill introduced by the House of Representatives.

    The 36 states governors made the call in a communiqué issued at the end of the forum’s 8th teleconference meeting held on Wednesday on the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

    The communiqué, which was made available to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday, was signed by the Forum Chairman and Governor of Ekiti , Dr Kayode Fayemi.

    “Following an update from the Governor of Sokoto State and NGF Vice Chairman, Aminu Tambuwal, on the proposed bill, the governors raised concern over the lack of consultation with state governments who were at the forefront of the pandemic.

    “The forum resolved that the bill should be stepped down until an appropriate consultative process is held, including a public hearing to gather public opinion and concerns.

    “In the light of this, the forum established a Committee, comprising the governors of Katsina, Sokoto and Plateau to lead a consultative meeting with the leadership of the National Assembly on the proposed bill.

    “The NGF Secretariat was also mandated to comprehensively review the bill and its implication on states,” it stated.

    The forum also expressed concerns over the rising number of Coronavirus cases in the country which reached 4,787 as at May 12, based on an update from the Presidential Taskforce (PTF) on COVID-19.

    The governors noted that the worrying trend urgently called for additional measures by state governors to ramp up capacity for testing and increase the availability of isolation beds to at least 300 per state.

    They added that the trend also called for measures by governors to accelerate the procurement of additional Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and training for health workers, as well as the continued enforcement of interstate restriction of movement.

    The NGF noted that in line with the commitment made by the forum to intensify public-private collaboration for the delivery of palliatives from the private sector, they were making warehouses available for the delivery of palliatives.

    The forum noted that the governors had appointed state coordinators who would be responsible for the receipt and distribution of palliatives to vulnerable persons.

    It stated that the governors were briefed by the Forum Chairman on existing coordination activities with the PTF on COVID-19, multilateral and bilateral partners, and the private sector through the Coalition against COVID-19 (CACOVID).

    It disclosed that the forum was coordinating an additional response with the support of the Dangote Foundation to set up a volunteer workforce of health personnel who would be trained and deployed to strengthen the availability of health workers for states in critical need.

    The volunteer work force, according to the forum, is in addition to ongoing activities aimed at strengthening the public health response and the delivery of palliatives to vulnerable persons.

    It disclosed that the governors set up two committees to interface with the Federal Government on the next Medium-term National Development Plan, as well to steer the activities of the NGF-NESG Economic Roundtable (NNER), respectively.

    The forum said that it had followed with interest, the development of the 12-month Economic Sustainability Plan by the federal government, which was designed to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis.

    “In the spirit of developing a truly coordinated national response to the crisis, governors expressed the importance of greater consultation and collaboration between the federal and state governments on development planning.

    “A Committee was consequently set up to interface with the federal government on the next Medium-term National Development Plan.

    “The committee is made up of the Governors of Bauchi, Plateau, Kebbi, Akwa Ibom, Abia and Ekiti.

    “A second committee comprising the governors of Gombe, Nasarawa, Delta, Ebonyi, Oyo and Kaduna states was established to steer the activities of the NGF-NESG Economic Roundtable (NNER).”

    NNER is a sub-national platform of the NGF and the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, created to promote sub-national competitiveness through public-private collaboration.

    “The Forum received a briefing from the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, on the Oil and Gas Industry Intervention Initiative on COVID-19.

    “The initiative is set up by oil and gas operators to provide medical consumables to states, deploy logistics and in-patient support systems, and deliver permanent medical infrastructure across the six geopolitical zones.

    “Governors commended NNPC for leading the industry to take the initiative and advised the group to prioritise interventions that will boost the country’s testing capacity and the capacity of health workers who are at the frontline of the epidemic,” it further stated.

    The state governors agreed to take additional measures to strengthen their public financial management systems, including a revision of their 2020 budgets and the amendment of state procurement guidelines to support e-procurement and the participation of small and medium-sized enterprises.

    This, according the the them, followed an update from the Governor of Edo, Godwin Obaseki, on the operation of the World Bank States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) project which was supporting a strong pro-poor fiscal response to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    It added that to fast-track the deployment of e-procurement across states, the forum would be adopting a Software as a Service (SaaS) model with the Kaduna state government providing the framework agreement that other states could leverage on.

    The governors noted the rising trend of deductions from revenues accruals to the federation account, available for distribution to the three tiers of government, and the threat it posed on the fiscal capacity of states to respond to the demands of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    “Members also raised concern about the ownership and distribution of proceeds from recovered looted funds and accounts or investments funded as first line charge from the federation account.

    “The forum agreed to engage with the federal government to ensure that the governance arrangement of all federation-funded investments, recognise state governments as shareholders in the distribution of proceeds and decision making,” it stated.

    The forum congratulated the newly appointed Chief of Staff (CoS) to President Muhammadu Buhari, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, and looked forward to a fruitful partnership that would support the development of the country.

  • COVID-19: ‘If you love yourself, you better stay home’ – Pastor Adeboye [VIDEO]

    COVID-19: ‘If you love yourself, you better stay home’ – Pastor Adeboye [VIDEO]

    As the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown announced by President Muhammadu Buhari reaches day 26, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye has advised Nigerians to continue staying at home.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Pastor Adeboye gave the advice during a live service on Sunday while teaching on a message titled ‘power’, stressing that where the word of a president is, there is power.

    “Now, there are categories of power. There is political power. Ecclesiastes chapter 8 verse 4 says, where the word of the king is, there is power. You put it in the modern language, where the word of the president is, there is power.

    “If you don’t believe that, just check what is happening. President sits in his house, makes a decree or a pronouncement: everybody stay home. If you love yourself, you better stay home,” Pastor Adeboye, fondly referred to as Daddy GO said.

    Nigeria has been under lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After President Buhari imposed the lockdown for Lagos and Ogun States, and the federal capital territory (FCT), Abuja as parts of measures to control the disease, other States followed suit.

    Even, the Governors of the 36 States of the federation through the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) recently wrote to the President to include inter-state lockdown, overnight curfew and compulsory wearing of face masks in the public in his next pronouncements.

    As of March 30 when Buhari first pronounced the 14-day lockdown, there were 97 cases of COVID-19 in the country but on April 13 when the lockdown elapsed, the cases had risen to 323. The President, however, extended the lockdown by two weeks, explaining that “alarming” increase in cases made him do so.

    Nigerians are anxious to know the next presidential directive on the lockdown as there are currently 1,182 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country.

  • JUST IN: Governors meet April 22 to review COVID-19 situation in Nigeria

    JUST IN: Governors meet April 22 to review COVID-19 situation in Nigeria

    The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) is to review the Covid-19 situation and various measures taken by State Governments at various stages since the virus hit Nigeria.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the Governors’ meeting is slated for April 22.

    The NGF made the announcement in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by its Head, Media and Public Affairs, Mr Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo.

    He said the meeting would be the sixth tele-conference of the governors since the COVID-19 pandemic slipped into the country.

    Bello-Barkindo said that the Director-General of the NGF, Mr Asishana Okauru, in an invitation to members of the forum, asked governors to prepare to discuss the journey so far and provide state-by-state updates on dominant issue of the season.

    “Four states, including Bauchi, Ogun, Lagos and Oyo will be invited to share their experiences with the rest of the country.

    “The National Economic Council Ad-hoc Committee and the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 are also expected to make presentations before the governors at the meeting.

    “The meeting, which will starts at 2 p.m. will also deliberate on palliatives to the most vulnerable in the society and how the federal and State Governments are collaborating on the pandemic and the type of assistance that the president will be rendering to states.

    “Many governors attended the five previous meetings and their contributions have been useful.’’

  • Coronavirus: NGF DG, secretariat staff in self -isolation

    Coronavirus: NGF DG, secretariat staff in self -isolation

    Mr. Asishana Okauru, the Director-General of the Nigeria Governors Forum has said he, his wife and his entire household, have proceeded on self-isolation and would be undergoing coronavirus test.

    In a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday, Okauru said the self-isolation is as a result of his exposure to the Governor of Bauchi State, Mr. Bala Mohammed, during the last NGF meeting and the Nigerian Economic Council.

    Mohammed had tested positive for coronavirus.

    He also noted that all members of NGF secretariat that were exposed to the governor during the last NGF meeting will be observing self-isolation. He urged all those who were invited to the NGF meetings for presentations to also do same.

    Okauru said, “I wish to inform the general public that my wife together with my entire household will be proceeding on self-isolation. We are taking this action following my exposure to His Excellency, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State who (had) announced the positive outcome of his test for COVID-19.

    “I attended different meetings of the NGF and the Nigerian Economic Council last week, which were also attended by the Bauchi State Governor. Consequently, my wife and I would be undergoing COVID-19 testing this week. All of the organizations to which my wife is affiliated have already begun ‘Work from Home’ in line with earlier Government directive. In fact, through DAGOMO Foundation Nigeria Ltd/GTE, and in her personal capacity, my wife was already in the forefront of raising awareness around COVID-19. She will continue to do same.

    “All members of NGF secretariat that were exposed will be observing self-isolation. We encourage all those who were invited to the NGF meetings for presentations to also do same. By our actions, we hope to encourage others who are exposed and not sure of their status to undergo self-isolation and make themselves available for the test, where applicable.

    “At the NGF meetings held, all necessary precautions as advised by the Nigerian Center for Disease Control were taken, but we cannot make any assumptions about our status. We will self-isolate and take the stringent measures possible to protect the general public. Coronavirus is real. Please follow all NCDC guidelines for COVID-19 and stay at home unless you provide essential services.”

     

  • NGF holds induction programme for new, returning governors

    The secretariat of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) is organizing an Induction programme for newly-elected and returning governors.

    The initiative is aimed at supporting incoming governors to develop key governance and management skills that will enable them transition from campaigning to managing the processes of governance.

    According to a statement by the NGF, the objectives of this induction include the following:

    • Preparing Governors to make the most of their transition from campaigning to governing and building bridges for effective leadership.

    • Deepening the knowledge and skills of Governors on the principles of governance and shaping their disposition and outlook to align with their work and motivation levels.

    • Creating a platform that will enable governors to fully understand the philosophies, responsibilities, organization, and cultural values, along with key processes of governance.

    • Creating an opportunity for peer learning, promotion of global best practices and networking with national and global leaders.

    • Exposing Governors to relevant contemporary national priorities in critical sectors of the economy and driving consensus on opportunities to achieve desired outcomes.

    The programme will hold between 28th April – 1st May 2019 and it will be multilayered and interactive.

    It will feature plenary presentations and discussions by key stakeholders with diverse experiences.

    This is aimed at generating conversation among the newly elected Governors, respected national and international leaders, heads of national institutions and development partners, among others.

    Expected at the occasion are critical stakeholders, including current and past governors of Nigeria and the United States, to provide the opportunity for Nigerian governors to, not only network with national and global leaders, but also to gather useful information that will help them transition into their new roles as chief executives of States.

    “It is expected that all the Governors will, at the end of their induction, have their knowledge and skills honed on the nuances of governance to better equip them to hit the ground running,” the statement said.

    “All governors would have established relationships with national and global leaders and have a better understanding of the tools and opportunities available to achieve their vision and their priorities.

    “The NGF finds it imperative to highlight the task before Governors and support them to create a workable framework that will aid them to achieve a smooth transition into their new administrations. A similar induction took place in 2011.

    “A new addition to the program is the Governors’ Spouses’ Summit which is designed to be an introduction to public life for the spouses of newly elected and existing Governors.

    “It is expected that this event would bring about an avenue to discuss how the activities of the Governors’ spouses can best compliment the roles of the Governors in promoting good governance at the sub-national level.

    “This summit is also envisaged to harness and promote best practices in the execution of pet projects.

    “The one-day summit is designed to build the capacity of the Governors’ spouses to develop and utilize their platforms to address critical issues affecting their State, with specific focus on social intervention issues.”

    The event is scheduled to hold at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Aso Rock Abuja, the NGF said.

  • Minimum Wage: NGF insists on N22,500, says N30,000 ‘neither realistic nor sustainable’

    Minimum Wage: NGF insists on N22,500, says N30,000 ‘neither realistic nor sustainable’

    The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has said the N30,000 minimum wage demand of labour unions is “neither realistic nor sustainable.”

    The NGF however said, states should pay a minimum wage of N22,500 but any governor who can pay more than this is free to do so.

    The forum also said insinuations by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) that its members were unwilling to pay N30,000 minimum wage were untrue. It said its members were willing but unable to meet the demand of the workers’ union.

    The NGF said a report titled “Minimum Wage: NLC wants governors who diverted bailouts probed” is an attempt by the leadership of the NLC to steer the public away from the promise by President Muhammadu Buhari to constitute another committee to review the minimum wage impasse.

    The Head, Media and Public Affairs of NGF, Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, disclosed this in a statement released on Monday evening.

    The NLC has been at loggerheads with the federal government over a new minimum wage.

    The NLC and other unions are demanding N30,000 as minimum wage up from the current N18,000.

    President Buhari has however refused to commit to the new proposal.

    Instead, the president said during his budget presentation speech on Wednesday that he would set up a technical committee to review the N30,000 proposed by a tripartite committee earlier set up by the federal government.

    State governments have also said they would not be able to pay the N30,000 minimum wage.

    The NLC said it would not partake in any further negotiation of the N30,000 and that all the president needs to do is send a bill to parliament for a N30,000 minimum wage.

    The labour congress, a registered coalition of many workers’ unions, also said it will hold a one-day protest against the president’s action on January 8, 2019.

    But Mr Bello-Barkindo in the statement said the governors have collectively said they would have been happy to pay workers the N30, 000 “but many states cannot afford it due to financial constraints and other limitations.”

    He said the governors had earlier announced that no state would devote more than 50 per cent of its revenue to salaries.

    “Let it be known that governors have met the President twice on this matter and presented their books to buttress their point,” he said. “First, a batch of state governors, led by the NGF Chairman, Governor Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar of Zamfara State, in company of Govs Ambode of Lagos, Ugwuanyi of Enugu, Bagudu of Kebbi attended a closed-door meeting with the president where the financial standing of six states, one each from all the geopolitical regions in the country, were shown to the president.”

    According to him, on the president’s request, all the states forwarded their books, revenues, both internally generated and their earnings from the federation account along with their other sources of revenue, “for examination and the president appears satisfied with the governors’ position, thus the decision to set up a new committee”.

    Mr Bello-Barkindo said there has never been a time in the country when states have embarked on a more aggressive revenue drive than they are doing today.

    “And this is without exception or prejudice to any state,” he added.

    “The president at his last meeting with governors (December 15, 2018) had admonished them (governors) to expect harsher economic tides from New Year’s, thus validating governors’ fears that even those states that had hitherto looked comfortable financially, may in the course of the new year, falter,” he said.

    He said governors are not under any obligation, by law, to show their books to the NLC.

    “But they have, with a view to letting NLC know that what they are asking for is neither realistic nor sustainable.

    “Yet, NLC remains adamant that its will must be done, or the heavens will fall. Already, revenue to states has dropped drastically while demands by competing needs keep rising astronomically. Last year alone, revenue to states dropped from N800 billion when the Tripartite Committee was appointed (November 2017) to between N500 billion and N600 billion by the time Ms Amma Pepple submitted its report in October 2018,” he said.

    He also said it will be difficult for state governors to dedicate their states’ entire resources to workers’ salaries alone, “knowing that they constitute less than 5 per cent of the nation’s population”.

  • Benue, Akwa Ibom: NGF speaks on EFCC’s power to freeze states’ accounts

    The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) has described as unconstitutional the freezing of the accounts of Akwa Ibom and Benue State Governments by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

    Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara, the Chairman of NGF, spoke with State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday in Abuja.

    Recall that the EFCC had on Tuesday froze the state’s account which was confirmed by Terver Akase, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Samuel Ortom.

    The anti-graft agency also froze the Akwa Ibom State accounts on Wednesday.

    Yari said that by the security situation in Benue, it was not wise to dislocate the state financially.

    “If EFCC freezes the accounts of any state government, Benue or anywhere else, I think it is unconstitutional, it is not right, because you are shutting down government.

    “Government must spend, more especially Benue where there are issues of insecurity.

    “So, we do not know why the EFCC took the action. I do not think it is correct, but if it is correct, then my own point of view is wrong.

    “But I believe this government will not sit down and oversee unlawful operations happening from the security agencies.

    “From what happened yesterday, someone can understand that this government is following due process and laws of Nigeria.

    “EFFC’s action in Benue is something that should be reversed,’’ he said.

    Speaking on Tuesday’s blockade of the National Assembly, Yari said it was very unfortunate, but however, said that the attendant reaction by the acting president had vindicated the federal government in the eyes of local and international communities.

    He recalled that similar incidents occurred in 2011 and 2014 respectively but no serious action was taken by the then government.

    According to him, the government of Muhammadu Buhari is following due process and will never oversee unlawful activities within the security agencies.

    Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, who was also in the Presidential Villa, told correspondents that Tuesday’s incident at the National Assembly was an embarrassment which should not have been allowed to happen.

    On defection of his deputy, Hafizu Abubakar, to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Ganduje said there was no cause for alarm.

    According to him, it is the season of defection as the All Progressives Congress (APC) is also receiving defectors from other parties.

    “The state House of Assembly wanted to impeach him but I was prevailing on them but they insisted, when he saw the handwriting on the wall, he decided to resign.

    “They wanted to continue with the impeachment because he committed some impeachable offences, but I pleaded and they dropped the charges and allowed him to go, that is politics,’’ he said.

     

  • Ekiti Poll: NGF congratulates Fayemi, to miss Fayose’s invaluable contributions

    Ekiti Poll: NGF congratulates Fayemi, to miss Fayose’s invaluable contributions

    … Congratulates Fayemi

    The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) said on Monday it would miss the invaluable contributions of the outgoing governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, at its meeting.

    The Forum also congratulated the Ekiti governor-elect, Kayode Fayemi, for his victory at the poll.

    According to a statement signed by the Head of Media at NGF, Abdulrazaque Barkindo, the Chairman of the Forum, Abdulaziz Yari, urged the incoming governor to join hands with the other governors in the country to strengthen the Forum and add value to their deliberations at their monthly meetings.

    The statement reads: “the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar, on behalf of the governors of the 36 states of the Federation congratulates Dr. John Kayode Fayemi on his resounding victory in last weekend’s election to become the governor of Ekiti State once again.

    “Governor Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar said elections are usually healthy contests that determine who keeps the mantle of leadership in the state for a certain period of time and not a victor and vanquished affair.

    “Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar said all contestants regardless of their party manifestoes primarily are agents of governance that wish to move the welfare and wellbeing of their people to the next level.

    “He added that since the people of Ekiti have spoken, the governor-elect, who once showed humility and courage and congratulated the outgoing governor four years ago should this time around also be magnanimous in victory by expressing his fervent desire to govern Ekiti for the benefit of all.

    “The NGF Chairman, while wishing the outgoing governor of Ekiti State Mr. Peter Ayodele Fayose, luck in his new endeavour and stating that the NGF would miss his invaluable contributions at its meetings, also welcomes the incoming governor to the Forum where he is returning as a ranking and experienced member.

    “Governor Yari Abubakar hopes that Fayemi will join hands with the other governors in the country to strengthen the NGF and add value to their deliberations at their monthly meetings.”

  • NGF’s Paris/London Club loan: Court orders interim forfeiture of N1.4b to FG

    The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday ordered the temporary forfeiture of N1.4bilion, being part of Paris/London Club loan, to the Federal Government.

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said N1, 442,384,857.84 was fraudulently obtained from the states through the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF).

    Justice Mojisola Olatoregun made the order based on an ex-parte application filed by the EFCC through its lawyer Mr Ekene Iheanacho.

    The court directed the commission to advertise the order in a newspaper for any interested person to show cause as to why it should not be permanently forfeited within 14 days.

    Melrose General Services Limited, WASP Networks Limited and Thebe Wellness Services are the respondents.

    EFCC’s investigator Usman Zakari stated in an affidavit that on May 26, last year, the NGF engaged GSCL Consulting and Bizplus Consulting Services Limited.

    He said the “GSCL Bizplus Consortium” was hired to verify, reconcile, and recover excess deductions on the loans from the accounts of states and local government areas (LGAs) between 1995 to 2002.

    The Consortium was said to have recovered $6, 483, 282, 424. 61, as the sum to be refunded to the states.

    The Consortium submitted an August 31, 2016 report showing a breakdown of the states’ debt profile and over-deductions to the Minister of Finance.

    Subsequently, the President approved an initial payment of $1,730,930.53 to the states.

    Zakari said in line with the governors’ request, the Ministry of Finance, through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), paid $86,546,526.65, and N19,439,225,871.11 (representing five percent of the approved initial Paris and London Club refund) into NGF’s GTBank Plc and Access Bank Plc accounts, purportedly to defray consultancy and incidental expenses.

    The N19, 439, 225, 871.11 was paid into the Access Bank account on December 8, 2016; on December 14, 2016, the NGF paid N4,389, 207, 099 .05 to the consortium as part of agreed consultancy fee, Zakari said.

    According to him, Melrose General Services, whose alter ego is Robert Mbonu, was never engaged by the NGF for any consultancy services in relation to the Paris and London Club loan refund.

    Zakari alleged that Melrose General Services allegedly recopied and misinterpreted the consortium’s work to the NGF for payment.

    He said the firm was paid N3.5 billion by the NGF on December 14, 2016.

    Zakari said between December 15, 2016 and January 20, 2017, Melrose General Services moved out about N2, 277,615,142 from its account out of the N3.5billion, leaving a balance of N1,222,384,857.84, before EFCC intervened.

    The operative said N220million was voluntarily returned by the firm.

    He, therefore, urged the court to make an order for a temporary forfeiture of N1,222, 384, 857. 84 in Melrose General Services’ Access Bank account and the recovered N220 million.

    Justice Olatoregun adjourned until October 30.