Politics Paris Club Refund: State Governors Kick Against $138m Consultants’ Fees

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Some governors are kicking over plan to pay some consultants $138 million (about N42.2b at the official N306 to $1) of the $6.9 billion Paris-London Club loan refund. The Nation learnt.

The Presidency had released about N1,266.44 trillion to the 36 states in the past one and a half years. The cash includes N713.70billion special intervention funds.

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The Nation reported that some governors are displeased that the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) plans to pay 2% of the $6.9billion refund to consultants.

According to a governor, who spoke in confidence, NGF Chairman Abdulaziz Yari, who is also the governor of Zamfara State, conveyed the agreement to pay 2% to some consultants in a July 29, 2016 letter to the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun.

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