Ifeanyi Onuba, AbujaThe Federation Accounts Allocation Committee meeting was on Thursday postponed due to what was described as discrepancies in revenue figures presented to the committee by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. The Chairman, Forum of Finance Commissioners of FAAC, Mr. Mahmoud Yunusa, confirmed the discrepancies in figures and the subsequent postponement of the meeting. Yunusa, who is the commissioner representing Adamawa State, said the forum came to the decision after discussing with their respective state governors. He explained that following the discussion with the governors, the commissioners were given directives to ask for the postponement of the meeting pending the reconciliation of the revenue figures. Yunusa stated, “The meeting has been postponed until we reconcile the figures in the accounts.

Source: Punch November 23, 2017 23:03 UTC