The lawmaker member representing
Ohaozara/Onicha/Ivo Federal Constituency in the House of
Representatives, Linus Okorie, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to
quickly call Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state to order on the
purported appointment of two foreign forensic audit firms to look into
federal government revenue generating agencies from 2010 to 2015.
In a statement in Abakaliki, Mr. Okorie
observed that neither the Mr. Oshiomohole-led National Executive Council
Adhoc Committee on Excess Crude Accounts and Remittances to the
Federation Account nor the NEC itself has the power under the
constitution to make the purported appointments.
He also stated that even if they had the
legal authority, the said appointment is contrary to the clear
provisions of the Public Procurement Act 2007, adding that the NEC
created under the part 1 of the third schedule 1999 constitution (as
amended) is merely an advisory body to the President and has no
authority to enter into contractual obligations on behalf of the
government of the federation.
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