According to reports, President Buhari yesterday directed the Head of
Service of the Federation, Mr. Danladi Kifasi, to release the N5billion
the government pledged to
the Victims Support Fund (VSF), since July 2014. He made the order
after the Chairman of the Funds Presidential Committee, Lt. Gen.
Theophilus
Danjuma (rtd.) told him that
out of the N55.92 billion pledged at a fund-raising
dinner for the Fund in August last year, N33.54 billion was still
outstanding, including N5 billion from the Federal Government.
According to him, the VSF currently has N23.33 billion in four bank
accounts, revealing that the government of former President Jonathan gave the Committee approval to incorporate the fund into a
Trust Fund, to “insulate it from political interference’’.
Source: Punch
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