Top government officials have been summoned by the House of Representatives

They are the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali , National Security Adviser, Banagana Monguno.

They are to appear before the House ad-hoc Committee on assessment and status of all recovered loots, movable and immovable assets for effective utilisation and management from 2002-2021 on or before Thursday or face the wrath of the law.

Also expected to appear before the ad-hoc is the Director General of the Nigeria Maritime and Safety Agency(NIMASA), Bashir Jamoh.

The resolution was adopted on Monday by the House ad-hoc committee investigating the assessment and status of all recovered loots, Movable and Immovable Assets for Effective Utilization and Management from 2002-2021 following the absence of these agencies at its investigative hearing.

According to the chairman of the ad-hoc committee, Honourable Adejoro Adeogun, CBN, NSA, IGP and DG, NIMASA have between now and Thursday to appear before the House Committee or the national assembly will invoke its power according to the constitution to compel their appearances.

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Earlier at the hearing, roll calls of expected stakeholders were read by the Chairman from where he observed that most of the stakeholders except the office of the Accountant General of the Federation was present while others sent representatives without a formal letter; a situation the committee frowned at.

Reacting to the absence of the stakeholders at the hearing, a member of the committee, Hon. Isiaka Ibrahim (APC, Ogun) said if stakeholders fail to appear before the national assembly’s committee then the national assembly should be shut down.

“.My chairman, I’m worried in the sense that the agencies of government that are the products of the national assembly through the laws that we created them and they are flaunting the process that established them. So I’m worried when they are invited and the national assembly is taken for granted on things like this. It calls for serious concern.

“If it amount to raising it on the floor of the House, we should shot down the national assembly and the agencies of government. If they are not going to respect us by our invitation then there is no need to be here. If we are to be tied not to perform our function then we don’t need to be here”,Ibrahim said.

The committee adopted the resolution by its chairman following further supports by members.

Recall that the ad-hoc committee last week suspended its investigative hearing to enable members participate in the constitution amendment hearing held across the six geopolitical zones of the country.