The office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives has dismissed reports linking Speaker Abbas Tajudeen to an alleged failure to account for ₦18.6 billion reportedly allocated for the construction of the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) headquarters building.
In a statement issued on Monday and signed by Musa Krishi, special adviser on media and publicity to the Speaker, the office described the allegation originating from a petition by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) as incorrect and misleading.
The speaker stressed that he neither supervises nor participates in the award, processing, execution, or payment of contracts within the National Assembly bureaucracy.
He noted that procurement matters fall strictly under the administrative ar
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