The Presidency dismissing reports that the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria Godwin Emefiele, could not account for about N89.1 trillion CBN collected as Stamp Duty charges.
A member of the House of Representatives from Jigawa state, Gudaji Kazaure, in a viral video, had accused the CBN governor of attempting to cover-up facts surrounding the collection of the controversial amount.
He also alleged that he was deliberately being denied access to present a preliminary report of a committee set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to look into the alleged stamp duty funds being withheld by the CBN.
However, Senior Special Assistant to the president on media and publicity Malam Garba Shehu, has described the Kazaure’s Committee as illegal, noting that the committee had been dissolved on the directive of the president.
The presidential aide further revealed that earlier investigations carried out by government departments and anti-corruption agencies on the stamp duty accounts indicated that there had been no foul play.
He revealed that the Ministry of Finance, the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Service, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation had investigated and found nothing sensational.
