Nigeria: N1.6 Billion - Reps Quiz NEMA DG Over Libya Returnees' Fund

20 February 2018

Abuja — The House of Representatives committee on emergency and disaster management yesterday demanded that the director general of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Alhaji Mustapha Maihaja account for the N1.6 billion released by the federal government to resettle Libya returnees.

The committee picked holes in the budget performance of the agency and explained that though N1.6 billion was released for the purpose, only N1.8 million was utilized with the balance of over N1.42billion largely unaccounted for.

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