Power committee collected N31m from NERC -Reps’ panel

The House of Representatives Committee on Power collected N31m from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission in 2010 to organise a training workshop for members but reportedly did not account for the money, the Public Accounts Committee of the House heard on Tuesday .

The Committee on Public Accounts heard that the power committee took the money in 2010 but there was no evidence that the training workshop was held.

The PAC, which is chaired by Mr. Adeola Olamilekan, is reviewing audit queries raised by the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation on the financial transactions of government agencies.

It was the turn of NERC on Tuesday when its Chairman, Dr. Sam Amadi, and top officials appeared before the committee to answer queries raised between 2009 and 2010.

A query raised against the power committee showed that an aide to the committee’s chairman collected the money in two instalments of N18m and N13m respectively.

However, while auditing the books of NERC, the AGF’s said there was no evidence that a workshop was held, neither was the N31m returned.

Olamilekan immediately asked Amadi to explain what exactly transpired.

The NERC chairman confirmed that though records showed that the transaction took place, he could not defend it because he was not the chairman in 2010.

The committee resolved that Amadi should reappear before it on November 11 in company with his predecessor and former commissioners of NERC to clear the issue.

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