Subsidy report: We have served Adoke, EFCC, others –Reps

Speaker, House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal

The House of Representatives said on Thursday that it had forwarded the report of the fuel subsidy probe to key government offices and anti-graft agencies.

It specifically mentioned the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Mohammed Adoke (SAN); the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission.

The Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Zakari Mohammed, made the clarification in a reaction to claims by Adoke last week that his office had not seen a copy of the report.

The fuel subsidy report details how over N1.07tn was fraudulently claimed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and fuel marketers as subsidy on imported petroleum products.

Mohammed, who addressed a news conference in Abuja, stated that contrary to the “excuses being given by some persons, we have sent the report to government agencies, the Office of the AG, the EFCC and the ICPC.”

Although he did not say what date the report was delivered to the agencies, the House spokesman insisted that it was sent and “they have even acknowledged receipt.”

He added, “Any of these agencies claiming not to have seen the report are really not telling Nigerians the truth.”

Mohammed spoke just as the Speaker of the House, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, called on the US Government to pass a legislation prohibiting the laundering or lodging of stolen money from developing countries like Nigeria in the US.

Tambuwal made the appeal when he received the US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Terence McCulley, on a visit to the National Assembly.

The Speaker observed that such a legislation would complement the work of the EFCC and the ICPC in fighting corruption.

“Such a legislation will help both the US and Nigeria,” he said.