The House Committee on Public Accounts, Anti-Corruption and Due Process of the Abia State House of Assembly yesterday adjourned hearing on the alleged selling of 17 vehicles belonging to the Secondary Education Management Board (SEMB) for N317, 000 due to the absence of some of the parties involved.
Reading out the petition, the Chairman of the House Committee, Hon Jerry Uzosike, revealed to the House the alleged involvement of SEMB in the auctioning of 17 vehicles belonging to the Board to the sum of N317, 000 without due process of auctioning government property.
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Our correspondent gathered from the petition that the Board was alleged to have auctioned the vehicles at the cost of N10, 000 and N25, 000 each for different brands without the vehicles being declared “beyond economic recovery.”
Additionally, two vehicles belonging to the Board (Peugeot 504 and 505) were sent for repairs and the money paid not returned to the state, as they were alleged to be missing.
In their submissions, the Deputy Minority Leader and House Member representing Bende, Hon. Chukwu Chijioke, declared the alleged sale of the vehicles as unacceptable.
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