Paris Club refunds: Gov. Ortom raises the alarm over disappearance of N4bn

Benue State Governor , Samuel Ortom , on Friday raised the alarm over alleged disappearance of N 4 bn from the final tranche of the Paris Club refund to the state .
Ortom had two weeks ago announced the receipt of N 14 . 9 bn last tranche of the Paris Club refund to the state by the Federal Government .

But , barely five days after the receipt , officials of the state government announced that Federal Government had withdrawn the money .

The development raised anger in the state as workers and the government kicked against the recall .

Ortom , through his Chief Press Secretary , Terver Akase , on Friday raised the alarm over the situation .

He said , “ We have heard the rumour that N 4 bn disappeared from the N 14 . 9 bn final tranche of the Paris Club refund to Benue State which the Federal Government later withdrew from the state ’ s bank account .

“ We hope that this remains a mere rumour . Nothing must happen to the N 14 . 9 bn .

“ If this is a ploy to sell a dummy to the people and later take away the said amount , those behind it had better changed tactics because this has failed already .

“ We will accept nothing less than the N 14 . 9 bn back to the state account . ”

When contacted , the Commissioner for Finance in Benue State, David Olofu , said that he was not aware of the rumoured disappearance of the money.

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