Secretary to the government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal has been invited by the Senate to appear before it for an opportunity to clarify himself over corruption allegations.
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The Senate has invited the the Secretary to the government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal to appear before it again to clarify allegations over his involvement in the N270 million grass cutting contract.
The Senate's Interim Report on the Mounting Humanitarian Crisis in the North East released last December had indicted the Secretary to the government of the Federation but nothing has been heard of it since then.
Babachir Lawal, who doubles as the chair of the Presidential Initiative on North East PINE has denied any wrongdoing since.
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At a public hearing organized in October last year, the committee heard of how Babachir allegedly used his influence to award a contract of N270 million to a company just to clear grasses at IDP camps.
The committee in its report, stated that it discovered that most of the contracts were bogus and awarded to government officials or their associates. Dino Melaye and some other Senators who spoke during the deliberation of the committee report, called for the resignation of Lawal.
President Buhari then wrote a letter to the Senate, stating he cannot order the arrest and prosecution of Babachir whom he says was not given fair hearing during the public hearing. The Senate has now fixed March 23rd for the public hearing.
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