Reps Direct JAMB To Remit N3 Billion To FG
The House of Representatives has ordered the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board to remit N3.602 billion to the federal government’s Consolidated Revenue Fund.
Bamidele Salam, the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, gave the order during an investigative hearing in Abuja, saying the Fiscal Responsibility Commission demanded the remittance.
Mr Salam said the remittance was not subject to personal interpretation. He said it was a matter of law or regulation and had nothing to do with the difference between the 25 per cent and 50 per cent as argued by JAMB.
The committee unanimously ordered that JAMB should send the fund to FRC and provide evidence of the remittance within 30 days.
The FRC had dragged JAMB before the committee over an unremitted operating surplus.
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