From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja
The House of Representatives Committee on Ecological Fund has invited the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to be part of its ongoing probe.
The committee said the EFCC expected to attend all its investigative hearings, in the ongoing probe on the utilization of ecological funds by states, local governments, Ministries, Departments and Agencies ( MDAs) beginning tomorrow until the conclusion of the investigation.
The chairman of the committee, Isiaka Ibrahim, who announced this, at an investigative hearing, organised by the committee, on Tuesday, expressed dismay that many of the MDAs have continued to shun the invitation of the panel to appear before it.
Ibrahim, while noting that it is imperative to prove to the MDAs that the investigation was a serious business, said anyone who has received the ecological fund must account for the expenditure.
According to him, “by our next adjourned date, those that we have invited that have not shown up; by the mandate and by a resolution taken by the committee the EFCC should be part of us in our next adjourned date, to take note of our proceedings and we are just placing them on notice. We are going to write to them formally. And This is pending when we are going to submit our report on the floor of the house for further legislative actions.”