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National Population Commission Chairman Alhaji Kwarra, In Trouble Over Unaccounted N6.4b

<h4>National Population Commission Chairman Alhaji Kwarra<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that the Chairman of National Population Commission&comma; Alhaji Nasir Isa Kwarra&comma; is currently in trouble over inability to convince member of the House Committee on Population about how N6&period;4b was spent&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;According to report&comma; the committee of the House of Representatives has flagged the N1&period;2 billion allegedly spent on a one-day summit by the National Population Commission&comma; NPC&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The committee issued the query when the NPC appeared before the lawmakers to defend its 2023 budget&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The House Committee on Population directed the commission to provide the details of the money spend on the stakeholders summit for the 2023 census&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Chudy Momoh&comma; a member of the Committee&comma; had accused the commission of spending N1&period;2 billion on the summit held at the presidential villa in August&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They should also provide the expenditure pattern of the N5&period;2 billion spent on the mock census&comma; detailing it state by state&period; So we can know the details and how much was expended at the state level&comma;” he said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The lawmaker also queried the spending on N5&period;2 billion for the census trial across the country&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;However&comma; the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchng&period;com&sol;">Director of Census&comma; Arinola Olanipekun&comma; clarified that the money was N1&period;9 billion&comma;<&sol;a> and it was spent on hosting summits in the 36 states of the federation&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The committee therefore resolved that the commission must address the discrepancies and present details of the expenses&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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