Attorney General and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami and Minister of State Petroleum Timipre Sylva have been summoned by the House of Representatives over the $9.6 billion judgment debt against the country in the United Kingdom.
This decision was taken by the lawmakers during plenary session on Wednesday after deliberating on a motion of urgent national importance moved by Prof. Julius Ihonvbere.
The House observed that “this embarrassing judgment exposes a deep decay in our governance and leadership infrastructure with far-reaching implications for the credibility of the country’s capacity to handle business and legal cases.”
The House has set up a 17-man ad Hoc Committee to invite the ministers and other government officials that are connected to the deal.
According to them, the ministers are to give report on the huge cost awarded in favour of Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) Limited, and explain the lapse in judgment of time and due diligence in the handling of the case with a view to finding lasting solutions to the avalanche of extant and future cases.
The committee is headed by a Katsina State All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmaker Sada Soli.