FASHOLA TELLS THE SENATE THAT ANY INQUIRIES ABOUT THE N6 TRILLION GROUND RENT SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE SGF

Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Works and Housing, has asked the Senate ad hoc committee to direct its investigation into the N6 trillion unpaid ground rent to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF.

Fashola mentioned this during the committee's visit to him in Abuja on Wednesday.

The committee, chaired by Senator Adamu Aliero, was tasked with investigating and recovering nearly N6 trillion in unpaid ground rent from property created and assigned to various beneficiaries by the federal government.

During the committee visit, the Minister indicated that the Presidential Implementation Committee, PIC, which issued property receipts, was within the authority of the SGF, not him.

"As long as your letter seeks to ask us to account for the PIC, they don't report to us. I will advise you to direct your enquiries about what the PIC does to the SGF. I cannot account for them since the organisation does not report to me," he said.

In addition, addressing with reporters after the meeting, Aliero revealed that roughly N18 billion had been recovered and that attempts were being made to retrieve the remainder.