Senate’ll probe N25bn TSA fraud – Saraki

• Summons JAMB boss over admission policy
From Fred Itua, Abuja
SENATE President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has said no amount
of intimidation or blackmail will stop the National
Assembly from investigating an alleged N25 billion fraud
in the management of the Treasury Single Account (TSA).
Saraki said this in reaction to Senator Dino Melaye’s
motion before the Senate yesterday over a newspaper
article allegedly blackmailing the Senate for pointing out
the alleged fraud.
The Senate president said: “No amount of either black-
mail or intimidation will stop us from doing the work we
have to do.We have a responsibility here to ensure that
there are no leakages in government funds and if there
are, we will call the attention of the public and do whatever
it takes to salvage the situation; it is our responsibility.
“The facts about the TSA will come out and every- body
will have the opportunity before the committee to state the
facts, the facts will speak for themselves.” Sara- ki said he
would expedite action on the inauguration of standing
committees to enable them begin oversight duties fully.
Earlier, Melaye said his attention was drawn to the write-
up accusing the Sen- ate of working against President
Muhammadu Buhari’s effort to implement TSA.
He expressed concern about some reports pit- ting the
National Assembly against the Presidency.
In a related development, Senate, yesterday, summoned
Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board
Professor (JAMB), Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, to appear before
the Committee on Education to explain the rationale
behind difficulties surrounding ad- missions into the
nation’s higher institutions.
The Senate also mandated the committee to investigate
circumstances surrounding a new JAMB policy, bordering
on allegations of favouritism. T he committee was also
mandated to review the power of JAMB on issues
revolving around admission issues.
The upper legislative chamber also directed JAMB to
extend the validity of candidates’ admissions into tertiary
institutions from 12 months to 36 months to ease
pressure faced by parents who cannot easily raise funds
to send their children to schools.

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