The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, confirmed this in a statement on Friday.
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The funds were drawn from 25 per cent Husked Rice Levy, 1 Per cent Comprehension Import Supervision Scheme (CISS) Pool levy , 15 per cent wheat Grain Levy and 10 per cent Rice Levy by Office of the Accountant General of the Federation to these agencies illegally which were never repaid back.
The pensioners under the aegis of Electricity Sector Retiree Welfare Association (ESREWA), disclosed this during its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja.
As civil society activists, we pry over many agencies of government, advocating for due process and anti-corruption as spearheaded by the present federal administration. We stumbled on an agency largely unmentioned in the past, the Nigeria Electricity Liability Management Limited/Gte, a parastatal under the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, that is saddled with the responsibility of disposal of the non-core properties of the defunct PHCN. This body has set a new standard in public assets disposal in Nigeria.