Rivers Assembly orders arrest of PAMO University VC over scholarship funds

Summary

The Rivers State House of Assembly has ordered the arrest of the Vice Chancellor of PAMO University of Medical Science, Port Harcourt, over a scholarship fund probe.

Highlights

• The Assembly said the VC failed to honour invitations from its ad hoc committee investigating scholarship funds disbursed to the university since 2017.
• The committee reportedly examined funds said to be worth more than N29bn.
• Lawmakers also urged the Rivers State Government to set up a committee to recover unaccounted funds in the university’s possession.
• The Assembly’s decision was taken during plenary presided over by Speaker Martin Amaewhule.
• The House had earlier extended the deadline for the VC to appear before the committee led by Deputy Speaker Dumle Maol.