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December 14, 2016

Suspend Babachir Lawal, Senate tells Buhari

Suspend Babachir Lawal, Senate tells Buhari

Babachir David Lawal

President Muhammadu Buhari has been asked to suspend, prosecute Babachir Lawal the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.

The suspension and production call was made by the Senate on Wednesday in Abuja.

The Senate in its resolution on Wednesday alleged breach of Nigeria’s law in handling contracts awarded by the Presidential Initiative for the North East, PINE.

Mr. Lawal’s company, Global Vision Ltd., is one of the companies indicted by the committee for allegedly benefiting from inflated and phantom contracts – or ones not executed at all – awarded by the PINE.

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