The House of Representatives is to investigate an alleged sleaze and misappropriation of about N100 billion at the North East Development Commission (NEDC).
Adopting a motion of urgent public importance at Thursday’s plenary, the House mandated its Committee on NEDC to investigate the allegations and report back to the House for further legislative action.
Sponsor of the motion, Ndudi Elumelu said that the NEDC bill was signed into law in October 2017 by president Buhari to replace other initiatives such as the presidential initiative on Northeast (PINE) and Victims Support Fund (VSF) while the board of management inaugurated in May 2019.
According to him, the commission was established with a mission of coordinating funds accruing from the federation account and donor agencies for the purposes of rehabilitating and resettling of victims of insurgency, reconstruction of homes, infrastructural development and tackling of illiteracy in the Northeastern part of the country.
He reminded the House that there has been massive displacement of Nigerian citizens in the Northeast as a result of the activities of Boko Haram insurgents, where houses, schools, mosques, churches , farmlands and businesses were destroyed thereby rendering people homeless and jobless.