Zamfara Assembly To Quiz Ex Heads Of Service Over Pension Funds.
Zamfara State House of Assembly has launched probe on the defunct contributory pension scheme with a view to uncover large sum of money allegedly diverted.
In a statement by the Director General Press Affairs, Mustafa Jafaru said an adhoc committee to investigate the nine year scheme has resolved to summon some critical stakeholders to appear before it to give their testimonies .
According to the statement, the committee chairman on pension funds, Hon Nasiru Bello lawal stated that the investigation became naccessary in view of the fact that they played prominent role in the scheme.
Those that will appear according to the statement include, former Heads of Service, Alhaji Muhammad Bello Umar karakkai mni and his successor Alhaji Muhammad Mujtaba Isah as well as the Managing Director Royal Rocks Consultants that audited all the eleven pension funds administrors.
Other invitees according to Lawal are both past and present union leaders of the Nigerian labour Congress NLC and it’s counterpart, Trade union Congress TUC that served from 2005 to date.
According to the spokesperson of the House, “This is the third consecutive meeting of the committee since its inauguration with sole aim of unraveling the mistery of state workers contributory pension money amounting to billions of naira that was alleged to have been squandered by some few individuals and management of pension founds administrators.
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