‘N26.9bn can’t be missing from N7.5bn allocation’ – NCAPT faults SERAP on USPF

A governance advocacy organisation, Northern Coalition for Accountability and Public Trust (NCAPT), has faulted claims by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) that the sum of ₦26.9 cardinal is missing from the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF).

SERAP precocious asked President Bola Tinubu to bid an urgent probe into the alleged missing oregon diverted ₦26.9 cardinal from the USPF. The radical urged the President to nonstop the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, and the Secretary of the USPF, Yomi Arowosafe, to “account for and explicate the whereabouts of the alleged missing oregon diverted ₦26.9 cardinal of nationalist funds from the USPF.”

Also, the Coalition of Civil Society for Transparency and Accountability has vowed to mobilise Nigerians for a wide protestation if the curate and the USPF caput neglect to relationship for the alleged missing funds.

However, successful a connection signed by its Executive Director, Amb. Abubakar Yusuf Yaro, on Wednesday, NCAPT faulted SERAP’s claims, describing the allegation arsenic exaggerated and lacking captious context.

Citing disposable records and findings, NCAPT said the allegation was misleading.

“NCAPT critically observed that information disposable from the probe shows the mean yearly allocation to the USPF wi...