A house of representatives committee has summoned Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation; and Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, over the implementation of the whistleblower policy of the federal government.
The committee also summoned Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation, and “all other stakeholders” involved in the implementation of the policy.
The government officials are to appear before the committee and “provide clarification” on their operation of the whistleblower policy.
The policy, launched in December 2016, encourages Nigerians to disclose information on fraud, bribery, looted government funds, financial misconduct, and any other form of corruption to the ministry of finance.
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Mark Gbillah, chairman of the committee investigating the alleged loss of $2.4 billion in revenue from the illegal sale of 48 million barrels of crude oil in 2015, issued the summon during a public hearing on Tuesday.
Ghillah said the committee received reports that Malami received funds outside the country through the whistleblower policy but did not remit it to the federation account.
The committee chairman also said the minister of finance approved payments to whistleblowers which were not in accordance with what the policy stipulates.
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