Abuja, Dec. 22, 2022 -The Senate on Wednesday gave the Ministry of Interior 24 hours to defend the N700 million collected from Service Wide Votes to monitor Ondo and Edo governorship elections.
The money was released in two batches of N400 million for Ondo governorship election and N300 million for Edo governorship election.
The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr Shuaib Belgore, told the senate that the N700 million would be accounted for by the Nigerian Civil Defence Corps.
Senator Mathew Urhoghide, the Chairman, Senate Public Accounts Committee, said the excuse was not tenable because the NSDC did not collect the money.
“NSDC has their own queries, they are coming before the panel to respond to the one that bears their names and they have the money given to them directly.
“From our records, it is your ministry that will defend the expenditures, not NSDC,” he said and gave the ministry 24 hours to defend the expenditure. (GBN)
