Reps To Probe Ezekwesili’s Allegation

The House of Representatives has mandated its committees on Finance and Appropriation to investigate allegations and counter allegations by the former Minister of Education, Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili and the federal government.

In a motion presented by Mr. Umar Bature, the lawmakers decided to wade into the on-going war of words between the federal government and Dr Ezekwesili over allegations that the administration of the late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and President Goodluck Jonathan squandered $45 billion foreign reserve.

She had alleged that the squandering of $45 billion in the foreign reserve and another $22 billion in the excess crude account from increased earnings from crude oil, which the Obasanjo administration handed over to the successor administration has worsened poverty in the country.

Mr. Bature asked the House to conduct an investigation into the matter, noting that Dr Ezekwesili as a Special Adviser to a former President was in the position to know the status of the country’s foreign reserve during that period.