Outrage trails government’s N1b claim on Ekwueme’s burial

Disbelief and shock yesterday trailed Federal Government’s claim that it would spend over N1 billion in preparations for the burial of the former Vice President, Dr Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme, whose remains arrived in Enugu yesterday.

The Minister of Labour, Dr. Chris Ngige, was quoted as saying that the Federal Government approved N1bilion, part of which had been spent, in readiness for the burial billed for February 2 in Oko, Anambra State.

Although efforts to speak with members of his family to ascertain the veracity of the claim proved abortive (as none was willing to speak on the matter), some prominent Igbo leaders, who reacted to the development, doubted that any such thing happened.

The Guardian, January 30, 2018

 

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