AMCON made this known to members of the House of Representatives Committee on Banking and Currency at the retreat of the committee in Lagos.
AMCON handed the list over just a few hours after President Muhammadu Buhari signed into law the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (Amendment) Act amending the AMCON Act No. 4 2010.
The AMCON Act provides for the extension of the tenor of the Resolution Cost Fund (RCF) and grants access to the Special Tribunal established by the Banks and other Financial Institutions Act 2020.
The chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Banking and Currency, Hon. Victor Nwokolo while receiving the list of recalcitrant AMCON obligors from the managing director/chief executive officer of the corporation, Mr Ahmed Lawan Kuru, said the committee called for the list so that the National Assembly would know those that are holding the country to ransom to enable them meet with relevant agencies of the federal government on how to further deal with them.
Nwokolo who commended the commitment of the Kuru-led agency said AMCON had been operating under very difficult conditions since its establishment, which he said had been made worse by the coming of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
He said the harsh economic realities caused by COVID-19 meant that the recovery assignment AMCON is doing for the country has been further compounded, which is why the National Assembly is looking at ways of further supporting the recovery drive.
Nwokolo who further disclosed that the National Assembly was considering punitive measures in dealing with those whose names made the top 1,000 however said he was happy that President Muhammadu Buhari had signed the Amended AMCON Act into Law because it would help AMCON to recover the huge outstanding debts which would ensure that the aim of government in setting up AMCON in 2010 is not defeated.