Nigerian Lawmakers Probes Maritime's Payment of $5million Legal Fee

The Senate has commenced a probe into the alleged payment of $5 million as a professional fee by the Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency to a legal firm for the purpose of recovering $9.3 billion which the country lost to the global movement of Nigerian hydro-carbon resources. <br />The Senate Public Account Committee is carrying out the investigation based on the query raised by the Auditor General for the Federation as contained in its 2018 Annual Report. <br />The Chairman of SPAC, Senator Matthew Urhoghide says the panel had no other option than to call for the issuance of the arrest warrant against the Director General. <br />Urhoghide lamented that his panel had invited the NIMASA management up to three times, but the officials failed to honor the invitations.