Rivers Assembly Issues Arrest Warrant For PAMO University VC

Victor Edozie

Rivers State House of Assembly, on Friday resolved to issue a warrant of arrest for the Vice Chancellor of PAMO University of Medical Sciences in line with the recommendation of the Committee.

The House among other recommendations also urged the State Government to set up a committee to recover all unaccounted funds in possession of the PAMO University and deposit them in the Consolidated Revenue Account of the State.

The House resolution came amidst the refusal of the PAMO University VC to appear before the Adhoc Committee after several invitations, to explain how money given to the university under the scholarship scheme was expended.

The Adhoc Committee Report chronicled the how the university received over 29 billion Naira from the State government with no corresponding Students enrolment, giving credence to the reason behind the Vice Chancellor’s refusal to honour the invitations.

Commenting on the Report, the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Martin Chike Amaewhule said that though the intentions of the government in entering into the scholarship scheme agreement was good, but the implementation was a cog in the plan.

Rt. Hon Amaewhule frowned at the situation where documents presented by the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Education, and the Office of the Accountant-General were at variance; adding that by simple deduction, out of the over 29 billion Naira released by the State Government to PAMO University, it mere utilized only 5 billion Naira.

The Speaker harped on the determination of the Assembly under his leadership to do the right thing irrespective of whose ox is gored, stressing that no individual can be bigger than the House as an institution empowered by the Constitution.