N6.5B Withdrawal: AKSG Attacks EFCC


By UbongAbasi Ise

The Akwa Ibom State Government has roundly condemned a newspaper report alleging its illicit withdrawal of N6.5bn, saying it is a malicious allegation and a desperate face saving effort by the Economic Financial and Crimes Commission, EFCC, which is aimed at justifying several of its illegalities.
In an electronic statement released Monday by the Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Charles Udoh, the state government said it is committed to transparency, accountability and integrity in governance which, by this virtue, makes Akwa Ibom one of the states in the Federation that publishes its annual audited financial statements.

“This is a malicious allegation and a desperate face saving effort by the EFCC to justify the several illegalities it has allowed itself to be used by the opposition to perpetrate against the Akwa Ibom State Government which have attracted widespread condemnation within and outside the country.
“For avoidance of doubt, the constitution and laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria authorizes only the state House of Assembly and the state Auditor-General to pry into the financial dealings of a state government.
“For the records, the current administration has made Akwa Ibom State one of the few states; if not the only state that publishes its annual audited financial statements. This underscores the state government’s commitment to transparency, accountability and integrity in governance. Copies of the state’s annual audited financial statements are available in the public domain.
“It is ludicrous that the EFCC has allowed itself to degenerate into a tool of loopsided political mudsling and witch-hunting used by the opposition in the state to cast aspersions on the integrity of the Akwa Ibom State Government,” the statement reads.
Meanwhile, it was previously reported in a newspaper (Not The Sensor) that EFCCwas probing some Akwa Ibom State officials for alleged withdrawal of N6.5billion in cash from an imprest account.
The cash was said to have been diverted from a derivation account to the imprest account of the Ministry of Justice/ Office of the Accountant-General in the state. Following an intelligence report, EFCC was said to have discovered that the allocation was gradually withdrawn in cash for “unknown purposes.”

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