Senate Mandates Buhari to Probe Jonathan On Financial Mismanagement

Citing mismanagement of funds, the Senate, thursday, requested President

Muhammadu Buhari to start speedy probe of his predecessor, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, in his dealing with of the Subsidy Re-funding and Empowerment Programme, SURE-P

The pink chamber stated it was crucial that President Buhari ask his predecessor to account for each penny spent in the course of the latter‘s administration on the SURE-P and different poverty alleviation

programmes.

The recommendation to probe Jonathan was sequel to a further prayer moved by Senator Babajide Christopher Omoworare to Senator Bassey Albert Akpan-sponsored movement, entitled: “Pressing have to curb the hovering fee of unemployment in Nigeria,” which he introduced for consideration throughout the plenary.

“I need to transfer that the speedy previous authorities be made to account for each penny spent on SURE-P and different poverty alleviation programmes, and I so transfer, Mr. President,” Omoworare stated.