The House of Representatives on
Thursday announced that it had discovered N21 billion and $104.46 million
undeclared revenue in two separate accounts outside the Treasury Single Account
(TSA).
The Managing Director of Heritage
Bank, Ifie Sekibo, and his counterpart in Aso Savings and Loans Plc, Hassan
Usman, have been summoned to appear before the Ad-hoc Committee investigating
TSA management, implementation and level of compliance.
The green chamber warned that the
duo would be arrested if they failed to appear on a date to be communicated to
them next week.
Speaking to newsmen in Abuja,
Chairman of the committee, Abubakar Danburam, said: “Today, we are supposed to
meet with Heritage Bank and Aso Savings with regard to the Treasury Single
Account (TSA).
“As you can see, none of their
management or staff is here. Our independent investigations have revealed that
contrary to what Heritage Bank submitted to us, they also have two undisclosed
accounts in the TSA.
“The one with Nigerian Export and
Import (NEXIM) Bank has $104 million, while a second one with Nigerian Maritime
Administration Safety Agency (NIMASA) has $46,000.
“Yet, there is another N21
billion, which also forms part of our enquiry. We want to know why they did not
reveal those accounts to this Committee.
“We hereby give the Managing
Directors of Heritage Bank and Aso Savings the opportunity to appear before
this committee at a date to be announced later. If they fail, we will then
issue a warrant of arrest against them.”
On Wednesday, the Independent
Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said it had
uncovered about N9.8billion, realised from the sale of government houses in
2005 in Aso Savings and Loans Plc.
ICPC said the cash was yet to be
remitted to government 13 years after the sale of the assets.
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