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… Approves FG’s N10.069bn Refund to Kogi
By Paul Williams, Abuja
The Senate has summoned the comptroller general of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), over his directive stopping supply of petroleum products to filing stations within twenty kilometres of the nation’s borders.
Moving a motion on the matter, Senator Odebiyi Tolulope described the Customs directive as a knee jerk approach to a modern problem.
As a temporary palliative measure, the Senate asked the Nigerian Customs to ensure a steady supply of petroleum products through identified supplies and registered filing stations.
The upper chamber called on the Customs boss to urgently explore usage of modern technology in tracking and scheduling petroleum trucks that undertake business along border towns.
In his remark, the Senate president, Ahmad Lawan, stressed the need to engage with Customs authorities in the country for a holistic policy approach that is in the best interest of Nigerians.
In another development, the Senate has controversially approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to pay Kogi State government N10.069 billion, being refund of money spent by the state on behalf of the Federal Government.
The approval was given Wednesday, after the chairman, Senate committee on Local and Foreign Debts, Senator Clifford Odia, presented the committee report.
During the debate on the committee’s report, the Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, faulted the timing of the approval, stressing that the money be paid after the current Kogi State election to avoid the misuse of the fund.
Our correspondent reports that the Senate president, Ahmad Lawan, in his ruling directed that the fund be expressly approved and remitted to the state.
