Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says the approval of N5.8 billion emergency food intervention fund for the north-east was within his constitutional authority.
The house of representatives had indicted the governing board of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) chaired by Osinbajo over what it described as an “illegal approval”.
In a statement released on Friday by Laolu Akande, spokesman of the vice-president, the approval was said to have become necessary because the federal government needed to “urgently” purchase stored grains for distribution to internally displaced persons (IDPS).
“These presidential approvals were well within the clear constitutional authority of the Acting President, who needed to take emergency steps to forestall acute food shortages in the affected States and there was nothing illegal or unconstitutional about them. The approvals were duly…
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