EFCC QUIZZES EX CULTURE AND TOURISM PERM SEC OVER N500M SURE-P FUND

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday grilled the immediate past Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and National Orientation, Mrs Nkechi Ejele, for her alleged role in the misapplication of N500 million Sure-P funds appropriated to the ministry in 2013 and 2014.
Some directors of the ministry are also expected to face a team of interrogators next week.
But the probe of Ejele was the first among five former permanent secretaries allegedly under investigation.
According to a top source in the commission, Ejele arrived at the commission’s headquarters at 10am and was ushered into a room for questioning.
The source said: “We invited her in connection with N500 million vote for the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and National Orientation. We received a lot of observations that the funds were mismanaged.”
Head of Media and Publicity of EFCC Mr. Wilson Uwujaren said: “The ex-permanent secretary was quizzed on Thursday by the commission.”