Panel: N11.9b stolen from Enugu councils

The Judicial Commission of Inquiry instituted by the Enugu State government to probe the activities of local governments between 1999 and 2007 has declared that N11,901,545,490.00 was stolen from the coffers of the councils within the period.The commission of inquiry, which submitted its report to Governor Sullivan Chime, stated that the sum represented allocations to local governments within the period which remained unaccounted for.Chairman of the seven-member commission, Justice Anthony Onovo, who spoke while presenting the report of the commission to the governor, wants the government to take steps to recover the stolen money.
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