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The senate has demanded that the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, resign from office over allegations bothering on mismanagement of funds set aside for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
The upper legislative chamber took this decision following the indictment of Lawal by a committee that investigated corruption in the management of funds for IDPs in the northeast.
At a public hearing last week, Umar Gulani, secretary of the Presidential Initiative on the Northeast (PINE), an initiative which Lawal oversees, could not account for N2.5bn meant for internally displaced persons in the region.
Gulani had claimed that N203m out of the money was spent on clearing grass in Yobe state.
But his claim was countered by Yobe state information commissioner, Mohammed Liman.
On Wednesday, a senate ad hoc committee on humanitarian crisis in the northeast chaired by Shehu Sani submitted it is report, which indicted the initiative.
After a debate on the report, Baba Kaka Garbai moved a motion for the resignation of Lawal, who heads the initiative.
The upper legislative chamber thereafter resolved to ask Lawal to resign and be prosecuted for corruption.