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Rivers State investigation of PAMO University funding

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2026-09-26 01:44 UTC → 2026-09-28 03:52 UTC · added removed

The Rivers State House of Assembly initiated an has escalated its investigation into the management of scholarship funds at PAMO University of Medical Sciences. The probe, conducted under constitutional authority, initially summoned the university’s Vice-Chancellor and several state officials, including the Commissioner for Education and the State Accountant General, to explain how previous allocations were utilized. This legislative action followed the Assembly’s rejection of a ₦6 billion allocation for the institution in the 2026 state budget. Following the institution’s failure to comply with summons, the Assembly issued Sciences by issuing an arrest warrant for the Vice-Chancellor. Vice-Chancellor, Professor Smith I. Jaja. The investigation, led by warrant follows his repeated failure to appear before an Ad Hoc House Committee, seeks led by Deputy Speaker Dumle Maol, to account for several billion naira address discrepancies in scholarship funds disbursed fund utilization. During the Assembly’s 53rd legislative sitting, Speaker Martin Chike Amaewhule addressed reports indicating significant inconsistencies in financial records provided by the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Education, and the Office of the Accountant-General. While the state government has released over ₦29 billion to the university under a scholarship scheme since 2017. Additionally, 2017, preliminary assessments suggest only approximately ₦5 billion has been utilized. This leaves an estimated discrepancy of roughly ₦24 billion. The probe aims to reconcile the House total expenditure recorded against the actual number of students sponsored. Consequently, the Assembly has called on urged the Rivers State Government to form establish a formal committee to recover all unaccounted funds from the university and deposit them ensure they are deposited into the state’s Consolidated Revenue Account.

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  1. 2026-09-28 03:52 UTC Rivers State investigation of PAMO University funding
  2. 2026-09-26 01:44 UTC Rivers State investigation of PAMO University funding

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