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...For a better society... Monday, September 13 2004 Vol 17 No.30 News Editorial Opinion Labour Politics Sports Features Columnists Business Money/Market Energy Alaba Market Foreign News Senate to drag el-Rufai before ICPC COSMAS EKPUNOBI, Abuja THERE may be no freedom yet for the embattled Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, as the Senate is to brief the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on the report of its Committee on Public Accounts which allegedly indicted him and other top government officials. The minister who was alleged to have used some Northern Senators to secure temporary reprieve last week in the Senate, may have to face the ICPC to answer charges of alleged financial impropriety. Daily Champion learnt that the Senate, which may have forgiven the minister for calling them "fools", may have decided to drag him and other top government officials already indicted by the Senate Committee on Public Accounts to the ICPC for questioning. Chairman of the ad hoc Committee on Press, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, who could not confirm el-Rufai’s freedom last week, however, emphasised that the Senate will not compromise the report of its Committee on Public Accounts. According to him, it would be pre-emptive to consider el-Rufai’s apologies when President Olusegun Obasanjo is yet to decide on the Senate’s demand for the sack of the minister. Senator Ekweremadu also confirmed that the video tapes and report of the Committee on Public Accounts has been forwarded to the president to guide his action. The Senate which is said to be bent on dealing with the minister, may have considered the ICPC option to nail him. Meanwhile, it was reported that government last Monday instituted a five-member committee to probe the activities of el-Rufai during his tenure as the Director-General of the Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE). The committee, headed by the Finance Minister, Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, is expected to turn in its findings and recommendations to the Presidency for appropriate actions within four weeks. � 2004 @ Champion Newspapers Limited (All Right Reserved). Powered By dnetsystems.net dnet�

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