The House of Representatives has passed a resolution to investigate the alleged abuse of N2.3 trillion tertiary education tax by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund from 2011 to 2013.
According to The PUNCH, this was passed as a resolution in the plenary session of the House on Tuesday after the adoption of a motion co-sponsored by Olusola Fatoba, David Fouh and Zakari Nyanpa.
While moving the motion, Fatoba, the lead sponsor, said since the establishment of the TETfund in 2011, the fund has earned “trillions of naira” as generated revenue.
He alleged that the “fund is reputed for numerous financial abuse in its operations, award of contracts and execution of projects.”
“The standard operating procedure within the fund is porous and does not create a platform for proper supervision of projects domiciled with tertiary institutions, with disbursements of funds happening without tracking and payments being made despite the failure of contractors to achieve milestones required for such payments,” he said.
“These abuses, actions, inactions and infractions have resulted in the misappropriation of funds and unjust enrichment of funds worth about N2.3 trillion.”
