{"id":102081,"date":"2022-12-21T23:09:37","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T22:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=102081"},"modified":"2022-12-21T23:09:37","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T22:09:37","slug":"senate-gives-ministry-of-interior-24-hrs-ultimatum-to-defend-n700m-collected-for-ondo-edo-governorship-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/senate-gives-ministry-of-interior-24-hrs-ultimatum-to-defend-n700m-collected-for-ondo-edo-governorship-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Gives Ministry of Interior 24 hrs Ultimatum to defend N700m collected for Ondo, Edo Governorship Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1752858567822410974\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Senate has given the Ministey of Interor twenty- four hours ultimatum to\u00a0 defend the N700 million the ministry\u00a0 collected from Service Wide Votes, SWV for the monitoring of Ondo and Edo Governorship elections.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>From the record, the money was released in two batches , N400 million for Ondo Governorship election and N300 million for Edo Governorship Election.<\/p>\n<p>According to AIE, N400 million to the Ministry of Interior for logistic and operational support in respect of forthcoming Ondo state gubanitorial election.<\/p>\n<p>The second release reads, N300 million to the Ministry of Interior for logistic and operational support in respect of forthcoming Edo state gubanitorial election.<\/p>\n<p>The Chairman, Senate Public Accounts Committee, Senator Mathew Urhoghide gave the directive to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry , Dr S. Belgore<br \/>\ndue to excuse by the Ministry that the N700 million will be accounted for by the Nigerian Civil Defence Corps (NSDC).<\/p>\n<p>According to the Permanent Secretary, it is the NSDC that will account for the money , we only make request on behalf of the NSDC.<\/p>\n<p>Not satisfied with the defence of Permanent Secretary, the Chairman of the Committee\u00a0 said that the excuse is not teneable because the NSDC did not collect the money , it was the Ministry that collected the money .<\/p>\n<p>He added that the NSDC will only come before the Committee to account for the money requested personally from Service Wide Votes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; NSDC has their own queries , they are coming before the Panel to respond to the one that bears their names, they have the money given to them directly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; From our records , it is your ministry that will defend the expenditures not NSDC.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Chairman therefore gave the Ministry 24 hours to defend the N700 million for the Edo and Ondo governorship elections .<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; You have 24 hours to make your report available to us , we must get explanation from you,&#8221; he submitted.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate has given the Ministey of Interor twenty- four hours ultimatum to\u00a0 defend the N700 million the ministry\u00a0 collected from Service Wide Votes, SWV for the monitoring of Ondo and&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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