The Federal Executive Council, FEC, presided
over by President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the probe of past heads of the
Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, and the Nigerian Maritime
Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, for poor remittances.
Minister of Finance, Kemi
Adeosun, who briefed council about the performances of some government
agencies, said JAMB for the first time remitted N5 billion to the coffers of
the government with a balance of N3 billion still to be remitted compared to
maximum of N3 million per annum remitted in the past.
JAMB in July announced the
remittance of N5 billion to the Federal Government, the highest in the last 40
years of its existence. According to Adeosun, while NIMASA remitted N4.95
billion in 2015, it remitted N24 billion in 2016
She said the disparity in the
remittances of the two agencies in the past and now necessitated the decision
to probe all previous heads of the two agencies.
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