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From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has summoned Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, over alleged land trespass and damage to property.
The committee, in a statement by its Head of Media, Chooks Oko, said the chairman, Mike Etaba, who issued summon frowned at the failure of the minister to honour several invitations by the panel.
The statement quoted Etaba as saying that “this is highly unacceptable and a negation of what the President has been telling his Ministers. We’ll escalate the matter if he fails to show up at the next hearing “.
Similarly, the statement noted that the committee has also summoned the Managing Director of Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission( NUPRC), Gbenga Komolafe to appear before it to respond to petitions against it by a Non Governmental Organisation, Obasi Phearson Help Foundation.
The panel threatened to order the arrest of the NUPRC boss, if he fails to appear in person, as well as decide the petition based on the evidence provided by the petitioner alone.
Etaba, was quoted to have said that “when we invite people to appear before us, most of them fail to realise that they are being offered a chance of fair hearing as we always strive to ensure that only justice is served. Answering to such calls form part of the duty public officers owe the citizens of this country.”
