SGF, Lawal accused of obtaining N200 million illegally, claims it was used to clear grass in Yobe

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SGF, Lawal accused of obtaining N200 million illegally, claims it was used to clear grass in Yobe

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By Akinwande OnadekoThe Senate has called for the resignation of Babachir Lawal, Secretary to the Government of Federation (SGF) over receiving N200 million for clearing ”˜invasive plant specie’ in Yobe.
Babachir Lawal

Babachir Lawal

It has been discovered that Josmon Technologies, the company awarded the contract by the Presidential Initiative on Northeast (PINE) to clear grass had made cash deposits of N10 million into the account of Lawal’s company, RholaVision about 20 times from March 29th, 2016.The deposits were made by the company until September; however, Lawal claimed to have not been a party to it having resigned from the company on August 15th, 2015 but documents from the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) showed that Lawal was the director of RholaVision until September 16th, 2016 when he resigned, informing his intention to relinquish 1,500,000 ordinary shares.PINE also could not account for N2.5 billion allocated to it for the alleviation of the suffering of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the northeast.Lawal denied the allegations, calling them ”˜balderdash’.However, when contacted about the allegations, Lawal’s secretary, Zainab Mogaji promised to get back.

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