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I'm not in abia senatorial race... I stand by Mr. President, says Kalu }45
Reps probe N3.4bn Ajaokuta Steel pay fraud Philip Nyam Abuja
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he House of Representatives yesterday mandated
its Committee on Steel to investigate an alleged increase of the moribund Ajaokuta Steel Company workers’ monthly salaries from N228 million to N3.4 billion.
The committee is to report back in two weeks. This decision was taken following the adoption of a motion sponsored by Hon. Abbas Tajudeen (PDP, Kaduna) entitled:
“Need to investigate the expenditure of a huge sum of N3.4 billion monthly on payment of salaries to staff of the moribund Ajaokuta Steel Company.” In his lead debate, Taju-
deen expressed concern over a report in a national newspaper of September 1, 2014 which quoted the chairman of Assets Management Corporation of CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
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