The Civil Liberties organisation (CLO) has urged the Senate to unravel alleged N25b TSA deductions and fraud.

CLO while expressing concern over the alleged rip-off of the nation in the Treasury Single Account (TSA) transfers explained that Section 162 (1) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) is crystal clear on TSA when it states that “the federation shall maintain a special account to be called the Federation Account into which all revenues collected by the government of the federation except the proceeds from the personal income tax of the personnel of the Armed Forces of the Federation, the Nigeria Police Force, the ministry or department of government charged with foreign affairs and the residents of the FCT, Abuja”.

The body in a statement siged by
Comrade Ibuchukwu Ohauenyi Ezike,
executive director CLO, said It is dumbfounding how the present administration came about the appointment of an electronic collection agent, Remitta, to handle the TSA transfers at 1 per cent commission, by which it is alleged to have earned well over N25 billion.

According to Ezike in the statement, assuming it were constitutional to appoint an e-collection, it has not been established that there was a transparent and competitive process towards the selection of the said e-collection agent.

“The CLO is, therefore, totally on the same page with the Senate on this matter. We support Senate’s call on the Central Bank of Nigeria to suspend such unconstitutional transactions. We also fully support the decision of the Senate to probe the entire matter and come out with the truth about the alleged fraud.
Furthermore, the CLO is disturbed by the news report that there were painstaking efforts by certain Senators to sabotage the patriotic motion by Senator Dino Melaye urging the Hallowed Chambers to fully investigate the corruption and bring the perpetrator(s) to book, the body said.

The Civil Liberties Organisation naintained that any Nigerian who is against the nationalistic move by the Senate to rid Nigeria of graft is not only against the APC change ideology but an enemy of Nigeria.

while urging President Muhammadu Buhari to open his eyes wide (shine his eyes) concerning happenings around him and his administration because Nigerians will ultimately hold him responsible for any misdeeds by his government, CLO enjoined all well-meaning Nigerians, the media, opposition and the CSOs to remain extra-vigilant and actively watch over the conduct of public affairs by office holders to ensure absolute compliance with the law and due process.

The Orginisation concluded that President Buhari alone cannot build a transparent, open, just, equitable, accountable and truly democratic Nigerian society but all Nigerians can.