The House of Representatives Committee on University Education has summoned Carol Arinze-Umobi, a professor and Acting Vice-Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) in Awka, Anambra State, over alleged poor execution of the project.
Abubakar Fulata, chairman of the committee, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.
The statement said the invitation followed the committee's earlier visit to UNIZIK in Awka, adding that it was not a witch-hunt against the vice-chancellor.
He said the committee would not sit back and allow certain things to persist that would halt the expected progress in the country's universities.
The commission noted that the data presented in the documents submitted by the vice-chancellor do not reflect the reality of the project's implementation.
Mr Fulata wondered how the university management could claim to have generated N1.5 billion the previous year but said it spent about N3 billion on the same internally generated revenue.
Mr Fulata said spending money without proper allocation from parliament was a serious violation of the constitution.
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He said that the presentation of a “cooked figure” undermines the integrity of the entire management team of the university.
The committee said the oversight visit became necessary following calls and concerns raised by many Nigerians that several MDAs would deliver better results if lawmakers performed their duties as expected.
The committee said there would be no justification for approving funds for any government organisation if the previous approval was used in a haphazard manner.
The commission said it had observed several discrepancies and infractions in the documents submitted and urged the vice-chancellor to appear before it in the National Assembly with the relevant documents for future legislative actions.
The committee noted that one area of ​​concern is the 100 percent payment for a project that the school management has completed less than 40 percent of.
This is contrary to financial regulations, the committee said.
(YAYA)