Paris Club Refund: Govs Questions Malami’s Integrity Over Disputed $418 Million

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) says the attorney-general of the federation, Abubakar Malami, was working against the public’s interest by insisting on the payment of 418million dollars to private consultants from the accounts of state governments.

The consultants are claiming a percentage of Paris Club refunds as payment of services they said they rendered to the states and local government.

The federal government had determined to pay the consultants from state accounts but a federal high court on Friday restrained it from making such deductions until all issues relating to that matter were fully determined.

In a statement signed by the spokesman of the office of the attorney-general of the federation, Umar Gwandu, suggested that the states and local governments had acted in bad faith for taking the case to court.