We’ll Ensure Proper Application Of Public Funds – Reps

The House of Representatives has reiterated its determination to guarantee that nationalist funds are appropriately utilised for the payment of each citizens.

Speaker Abbas Tajudeen stated this astatine the gathering of the House Ad Hoc committee investigating the absorption of lipid spill clean-up funds successful the Niger Delta, which was held connected Thursday astatine the National Assembly Complex successful Abuja.

Represented by the House Chief Whip, Hon. Usman Bello Kumo (APC, Gombe), Abbas called for improved coordination betwixt national agencies and community-based organisations to guarantee that the clean-up projects present tangible benefits to the people, including occupation creation, improved livelihoods, and restoration of the ecosystem.

“Our parliament conducts legislative activities to guarantee that nationalist funds are not lone spent but are spent efficiently for the bully of all.

“This probe volition assistance america find who manages these funds, however they are applied, which communities are to benefit, and whether transparency and accountability were maintained passim the process.

“We entreaty to the agencies acrophobic to look earlier this committee with the indispensable accusation and grounds to assistance the committee marque fair, balanced, and conscionable recommendations.

“The House volition proceed to supply legislative oversight to guarantee that the goals of the lipid spill clean-up are achieved transparently and effectively,” helium said.

The committee chairman, Hon. Okpolupm Etteh, reaffirmed the panel’s committedness to ensuring transparency, accountability, and justness successful handling funds earmarked for biology remediation successful the region.

He said the probe aims to uncover the information down the usage of funds allocated for the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) and different related interventions, to guarantee that affected communities person the alleviation and restitution they deserve.

“The House has mandated this committee to analyse the absorption of lipid spill clean-up funds. Our extremity is wide — to uncover the truth.

“We volition scrutinise task implementation, procurement processes, grooming programmes, quality coordination, and the existent transportation of remediation and restitution to Niger Delta communities.

“When monitoring and verification uncover gaps, delays, oregon irregularities, the committee volition not hesitate to place those liable and urge corrective measures. This is astir ensuring that funds meant for biology betterment are utilized efficaciously for the radical who person suffered the most,” Etteh added.

He further called connected authorities agencies and institutions progressive successful the lipid spill clean-up process to afloat cooperate with the committee by promptly submitting each applicable accusation and documents.

“These agencies see the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP), the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), the Federal Ministry of Finance, and different related entities,” helium added.