Nigeria lower legislative chamber, the House of Representatives, has ordered the CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Ibrahim Attahiru to appear before it on or before April 7.
The house issued the summon on Monday through its ad-hoc committee in charge of reviewing the purchase, use, and control of arms, ammunition, and related hardware by the military.
In a tweet by the committee on Monday, it averred that the summon became imperative over failure to honour earlier invitation in connection with $1 billion approved by the federal government for the arms to fight insurgency.
The committee stated that the money was approved and released during the tenure of the immediate past service chiefs, but there are speculation that the money was not expended on what it was earmarked for.
The committee disclosed that the House of Representatives had earlier invited Mr Emefiele, the COAS, several other security agency heads and ministries to appear on Monday, March 22.
But, Mr Emefiele and the army chief who were to lead in addressing the committee on Monday, did not show up.
In April 2018, the immediate past Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan Ali, announced that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of $1 billion for the purchase of arms to fight insurgency in Nigeria.
National Security Adviser (NSA), retired Major General Babagana Monguno, in an interview with BBC Hausa said the $1billion meant for the purchase of arms was diverted, Ekohotblog had reported.
Mr Monguno had recanted the statement, saying he was misconstrued.
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