Constitution Review: Ekweremadu debunks alleged diversion of N8bn

The alleged ‘pocket­ing’ of N8 billion by the Deputy Senate President Ike Ekwerema­du and other federal law­makers, over four years, to review sections of the 1999 Constitution has been dis­missed as the handiwork of desperate political ele­ments to publish false and defamatory information against the office and per­son of Ike Ekweremadu.
An online medium had last week alleged that Ni­gerian federal lawmakers led by incumbent Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu and for­mer Deputy Speaker Eme­ka Ihedioha, withdrew N7.75 billion of public funds in four years to pur­portedly review sections of the 1999 Constitution
A press statement yes­terday, obtained by The AUTHORITY and signed by Uche Anichukwu, Spe­cial Adviser (Media) to the deputy senate presi­dent, stated there was no “pocketing” of N8 billion by members of the Com­mittee on Constitution Review in the 7th Senate, chaired by Senator Ekwer­emadu.
“The Office wishes to state categorically that there was no “pocketing” of N8 billion by members of the Committee on Con­stitution Review in the 7th Senate chaired by Senator Ekweremadu.
“Such phantom pocket­ing of public funds is a fig­ment of the imagination of the peddlers and their paymasters. For empha­sis, the Senate Committee on Constitution Review DOES NOT have any ac­count domiciled with the Guarantee Trust Bank as alleged by the report.
“For clarity, constitution amendment as an expen­diture item is covered by the Appropriation Act of each year and disbursed by the appropriate bureau­cracy of the National As­sembly for the purpose it was appropriated in accor­dance with extant rules.
“The submission in the report that the lifespan of a parliamentary com­mittee ends with the sub­mission of its report, as Premium Times sought to mis-educate unsuspecting public, is not true and goes further to show that some political desperados, were at work.”
The statement further clarified that members of the 7th National Assembly and the 36 State Assem­blies did not fail in their legislative duties towards the realisation of the 4th Alteration of the 1999 Constitution.
Anichukwu’s words: “It is equally imperative to state that Members of the 7th National Assembly and the 36 State Assem­blies did not fail in their legislative duties towards the realisation of the 4th Alteration of the 1999 Constitution.
Source : authority newspaper 

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