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’’.
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