November 18, 2016 
The Federal Government will investigate the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan over alleged unequal disbursement of N2 billion Ecological Fund to states.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo disclosed this at the Council Chambers of the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja yesterday while presiding over the National Economic Council meeting.
The Ecological Fund is the Federal Government’s intervention facility established to address the multifarious ecological problems ravaging communities across the country.
The Fund was originally established in 1981 through the Federation Account Act (1981) based on the recommendation of the Okigbo Commission. The Act has subsequently been modified by Decrees 36 of 1984 and 106 of 1992; and further modified through the Allocation of Revenue/Federation Account etc (modification) order of 8th July 2002. The Fund which originally received 1% of the Federation Account was reviewed upwards.
Some governors yesterday complained to the NEC that Jonathan’s administration disbursed N2 billion Ecological Fund each to some states “under unclear circumstances and criteria.”
The governors were said to have expressed concerns that under the administration of Jonathan, state governments did not have equal access to the Ecological Fund. They said the Jonathan government disbursed ecological funds to state governments to promote political preferences.
While some governors complained that their states did not have equal share of the fund, others said theirs did not get anything at all.
The vice president therefore assured the NEC that the issue would be properly investigated and broadly reviewed, adding that “forthright counsel” would also be made to the President regarding the matter.
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