SGF: The 200 Million Naira Scandal

In Abuja, the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Of Nigeria, David Lawal Babachir today snubbed the Senate by again, refusing to appear before the Senate Ad-hoc Committee on humanitarian crises in the North East.

Babachir Lawal was summoned by the Committee to appear yesterday for questioning over his alleged involvement in the misappropriation of funds allocated to take care of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in the North East.

The public hearing which was scheduled for yesterday at the SGF’s request for 10.am which did not hold as the suspended SGF kept all the Committee members were kept waiting for 2hours.

The Committee waited for him headed by Chairman, Senator Shehu Sani, APC, Kaduna Central; Senator Ben Murray Bruce, PDP, Bayelsa East; Senator Oluremi Tinubu, APC, Lagos Central; Senator Ali Wakil, APC, Bauchi South and Senator Tayo Alasoadura, APC, Ondo Central as members.

This is the second time Lawal failed to appear before the committee, having shunned the panel last month.

With the alleged N200million contract scandal over cutting of grass in the northeast,the Senate therefore called for his removal and prosecution by President Muhammadu Buhari.