The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) on Wednesday night said that governors<\/p>\n
are ready to take on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
\nwhich is investigating possible diversion of the refund made to states
\nfrom the excess charges of Paris Club.<\/p>\n
Chairman of the NGF and Zamfara state governor, Abdulaziz Yari, spoke with
\nState House correspondents at the end of the Forum\u2019s meeting at the
\nPresidential Villa, Abuja.<\/p>\n
He said that governors would be waiting to see what the anti-graft agency
\nwould come up with.<\/p>\n
It was reported last week that the NGF may have used fictitious
\nconsultants to divert some of the money from Paris Club which had
\nattracted the attention of the EFCC.<\/p>\n
Worried by the development, the Presidency had ordered a full scale
\ninvestigation into the disbursement of the funds.
\nInsisting that the governors were ready for the EFCC probe, he expressed
\ngovernors\u2019 support for the present administration\u2019s war against
\ncorruption, noting that they would wait for the outcome of the EFCC\u2019s
\ninvestigation.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cWe discussed the issue of Paris Club and London Club. We
\nobserved that EFCC said it is doing investigations. Yeah, we support the
\nfederal government for fighting corruption.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are waiting for the EFCC to come up with what they say is the
\ninvestigation and come up with the result.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Presidency had ordered the investigation because it was angry that
\nwhat it had meant to be a good gesture had been compromised by selfish
\ninterests.<\/p>\n
Top Presidency source had disclosed that the federal government was
\nworried that its efforts to ensure the settlement of pension and salaries
\nowed to workers in the states was being sabotaged by likely diversion of
\nthe funds earmarked for the purpose.<\/p>\n
It therefore expressed its determination to get to the bottom of the
\nmatter and consequently ordered relevant agencies to carry out a full
\nscale probe to unravel any abuse the fund might have been subjected to.<\/p>\n
Some of the reports also showed that the governors were spoiling for war
\nwith the acting Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, over the decision of
\nthe EFCC to investigate alleged diversion of the money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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