BREAKING: Reps summons Emefiele over N32.5b payment without records

 The House of Representatives has summoned Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emiefele to explain why about N32.5 billion was paid to two companies – Messrs GSCL Consulting and Bizplus – without formal records.

Announcing the summons during the resumed investigative hearing yesterday in Abuja, Committee Chairman Mark Gbillah expressed displeasure over the failure of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) to provide answers to the questions the committee sent to it while claiming that the questions were unclear.

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