The Nigerian senate yesterday, ordered a probe into the diversion of N200 billion education tax to unknown and unspecified uses not recognized in or permitted under the Act setting up the Education Trust Fund.
The funds collected between 2012 and 2013 were diverted during the administration of former president Goodluck Jonathan.
In a motion sponsored by Senator Abdullahi Aliyu, he noted that some institutions got multiple allocations of special intervention, while institutions that are their peers did not receive any within the period under review.
Attempts by Senator James Manager to convince the Senate to extend the probe beyond 2011 failed. He had argued that it was unfair for the Senate to single out Jonathan’s administration for scrutiny. The senate committee on Tertiary Institutions and Tetfund is expected to report back to the Senate within one month.
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