Minute by Minute: Reps reveal how NEMA DG, Maihaja, misappropriated N1.6bn
By OakTV
18 April 2018 |
7:00 am
The House of Representatives committee on Emergency and Disaster Preparedness has uncovered irregularities in the award of contracts by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).
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