BEVERLY HILLS, April 17, (THEWILL) – The Senate has summoned the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan Ali; the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele to appear before the Committee on Appropriation.
They were summoned on Tuesday to explain why 462 million dollars was released for the purchase of helicopters by the Federal Government without its approval.
They are to appear to before the committee which has been given a one-week deadline to present their findings to the Senate.
This was after a Senator, Samuel Anyanwu, at plenary drew the attention of the Senate to the alleged expenditure of the funds by the Federal Government for the purchase of helicopters.