Others agencies allegedly involved are: the Nigeria Railway
Corporation (NRC) River Basin Development Authority (RBDA) and Nigeria Customs
Service (NCS)
This is sequel to the adoption of a motion moved by Rep.
Oluwole Oke (PDP-Osun) during plenary on Thursday in Abuja.
In his motion,Oke said the procedure for the disposal and
auctioning of government assets in Nigeria were well spelt out in Financial
Regulations, 2009 and Public Procurement Act 2007 among others.
Oke said the Constitution of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) provides that all revenues realised from the
disposal or auctioning of public property be remitted into the Consolidated
Revenue Fund.
He alleged that NPA, NIMASA, NRC, NCS and others RBDA had
been auctioning public property not only at a ridiculous price but also without
following due process.
He advanced that partial remittance or non-remittance of
revenue realised from the auctioning of public property into consolidated
revenue fund was a breach of the constitution.
He expressed concerned that if the practice continued,
coupled with dwindling crude oil revenue in Nigeria, the government might not
cope with the rising demand for accelerated infrastructure
Following his submission, the House thereafter resolved to
set up an ad hoc committee to investigate the disposal of public property by
the affected agencies.
This, according to the House, would cover the period between
2010 and 2022 with a view to establishing the extent of alleged illegal
auctioning of public property and the non-remittance of revenue realised into
consolidated revenue purse.
The committee would report to the House within four weeks
for further legislative action. -NAN
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