The Senate Public Accounts Committee has given the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele, up till Thursday, to appear before it over an alleged disappearance of $9.5m interest which accrued to the Federation Account from Petroleum Profit Tax Investment.
The SPAC, which is currently scrutinising the reports of the AuGF alleged during its sitting on Monday that the principal sums deposited, the tenor and rate of interest, were shrouded in secrecy.
The Petroleum Profit Tax is applicable to upstream operations in the oil industry.
It is particularly related to rents, royalties, margins and profit sharing elements associated with oil mining, prospecting and exploration leases.
The Chairman of the Senate panel, Senator Matthew Urhoghide, said the CBN governor was being invited to corroborate some figures in the statement of account.
He said the CBN governor had till Thursday this week to appear to address those issues before the committee.
The committee had penultimate week summoned the officials of the apex bank over alleged disappearance of the fund.
No management staff of the apex bank honoured the lawmakers’ invitation.
-Punch