The Senate Public Accounts Committee on Tuesday resolved to issue a warrant of arrest against the Coordinator of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project, Prof. Nenibarini Zabbey, if he fails to appear before it next week Tuesday.
The resolution was announced by the Committee’s Chairman, Senator Ahmed Wadada (SDP, Nasarawa West), following Prof. Zabbey’s failure to honour invitations to appear before the Committee for the seventh consecutive time.
Recall that in November 2023, HYPREP disclosed that $360 million had been released for the clean-up of the polluted Ogoniland in the Niger Delta.
Expressing dissatisfaction with the repeated absence of the HYPREP Coordinator, Senator Wadada stated that the panel would rely on relevant legal provisions to compel his attendance.
“The Senate Public Accounts Committee, pursuant to its constitutional and legislative powers to…
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