Nigerian lawmakers on Saturday summoned the minister of interior, attorney general, accountant general and four companies to appear before a committee of parliamentarians over allegations that revenues were withheld from the immigration service.
A committee of lawmakers in the upper chamber of parliament chaired by senator Solomon Adeola was told that the companies rendered serviced for the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in public-private partnerships.
The services, provided between 2012 and 2016, included the production of e-passports and expatriate residence permits.
The companies had “contractual agreements to perform some revenue generating service on behalf of the NIS with the company withholding a hefty percentage of revenue that would have accrued to the federal government,” a spokesman for Adeola said.
A statement issued by the committee, which sat on Saturday, said there was a “need to get clarification on this issue from all the parties involved”.
The government officials and companies were summoned to appear before a committee of lawmakers in the Senate, the upper chamber of parliament, on April 6.
