The Ad-Hoc Committee in the House of Representatives investigating the Utilization of Ecological Funds and other Intervention Funds has raised concerns that an agency of the Ministry of Environment, National Agency for Great Green Wall (NAGGW), spent N81 billion to plant 21 million trees in 11 states in Northern Nigeria.
The states, according to the committee’s findings, are Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina, Kano, Jigawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa, Yobe and Borno States.
The Director-General of the NAGWW, Yusuf Maina Bukar, who appeared before the Committee on Wednesday, explained that the agency also spent N697.71m on renovation of office accommodation and N11.28bn on capital projects.
