Panel to verify Nigeria's assets abroad - Nigeria's President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday set up a special inter-ministerial committee to verify all the nation's assets abroad.
The committee, whose membership was announced by the Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, at the end of the fifth meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for the year 2013, is expected to go round the world and verify Nigeria’s assets, including those owned by Nigerian missions abroad under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; and the major federal government operators in the maritime sector, the Nigeria Ports Authority and the Nigerian military.
According to Maku, the Committee is headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, with representatives of the Federal Ministries of Finance, Lands, Housing and Urban Development, the Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE) and Bureau for Public Procurement (BPP) as members.
Other members include the representative of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) and the Special Adviser to the President on Performance Evaluation, Prof. Sylvester Monye.
Pana 14/02/2013