Speaker of the House of Representatives Aminu
Waziri Tambuwal yesterday signed a warrant of arrest on heads of 16 revenue
collecting agencies over their refusal to appear before the House Committee on
Finance on non-remittance of N1.3 trillion revenue.
Committee chairman Rep. Abdulmumin Jibrin (PDP,
Kano) had moved a motion on matters of urgent public importance informing the
House of failure of affected agencies to honour their several invitations and
provide details of their Internally Generated Revenues (IGR) as part of the
2013 budget revenue frame work.
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 police head-quarters in Abuja said no warrant was
transmitted to it from the National Assembly for the arrest of anybody, police
spokesman said.
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