The Rivers State House of Assembly has ordered the arrest of the Vice Chancellor of the PAMO University of Medical Science, Port Harcourt, over scholarship funds disbursed to the institution by the state government, running into several billions of naira.
The Assembly said the arrest order became necessary due to the failure of the institution’s VC to honour the invitation of the Ad Hoc House Committee investigating the disbursement of funds to the university by the state government since 2017.
Also, the Assembly urged the Rivers State Government to set up a committee to recover all unaccounted funds in PAMO University’s possession and deposit them in the state’s Consolidated Revenue Account.
Recall that the House had last week extended the countdown for the VC to appear before the committee headed by the House Deputy Speaker, Mr Dumle Maol, on Thursday, September 24.
The Assembly’s order was taken during plenary session on Friday presided over by the Speaker, Mr Martin Amaewhule.
A statement issued by the Special Assistant on Media to the Speaker, Martins Wachukwu, on Friday, indicated that the House deliberated on the report of the Ad Hoc Committee probing the scholarship funds disbursed to the university.
