Mr Mustapha Maihaja, Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has denied misappropriating N33 billion as alleged by the House of Representatives Committee on Emergency and Disaster Preparedness.
Maihaja denied the allegation while briefing newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja, where he shed more light on activities and interventions of the agency.
He described the public response as an obligation to adequately inform Nigerians on what truly happened in NEMA.
He said the House of Representatives’ committee got the whole figures mixed up, leading it to make the accusation.
He denied receiving N5.8 billion for the Emergency Intervention of Food Security in the North East (EFINE) as contained in the committee’s report.
He explained that NEMA only got about N800 million while other funds were paid directly to contractors.
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