The House of Representatives, yesterday, summoned the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and the management of the Nigeria Port Authority, (NPA), over the unremitted sum of N166,685,929,000 revenue generated by the Authority as of December 31, 2016.
According to the lawmakers, the said amount were not properly captured in the statement of account of the agency and other expenditures.
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts, Rep. Busayo Oluwole Oke, issued the summon following the absence of the minister, the management of the NPA and the Nigerian Railway Corporation, (NRC), who were scheduled to appear before the Committee on the Audit queries by the office of the auditor general of the federation.
They were said to have pleaded with the committee for another date to cause an appearance before it in respect of the audit queries.
Oke said that in the spirit of a fair hearing, the minister and the management of the NPA had been given July 8 to appear before the committee as well as that of the NRC on the audit query raised against the Corporation.
He added that both the Minister and the management of the NPA would also explain the cost of services rendered to the Authority amounting to N103.996 billion, including channels and waterways maintenance (N65.130 billion) and Port and Quays Expenses of N38.412 billion.
