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

Alhaji Nasir Isa Kwarra

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