The Senate Committee on Trade and Investment, chaired by Rose Oko (PDP, Cross River North), demanded an explanation from the Minister of State for Trade and Investment, Maryam Katagum, over ₦14.3 billion transferred in April 2019 from the 2017 budget of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) to a private company, Nigeria Special Economic Zones Company, in breach of the Appropriation Act. In the 8th Senate the committee had directed the former minister, Okechukwu Enelamah, and NEPZA's acting managing director to return the money.
What the record shows
- 22 October 2019Probe opened.
- As of 11 November 2026No final report of this probe has been found on the public record.
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