{"id":103174,"date":"2021-11-05T20:35:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T19:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=103174"},"modified":"2021-11-05T21:09:14","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T20:09:14","slug":"paris-club-refund-court-stops-fg-from-deducting-418m-from-states-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/11\/05\/paris-club-refund-court-stops-fg-from-deducting-418m-from-states-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris Club refund: Court stops FG from deducting $418m from states&#8217; accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The federal government has been stopped by a federal high court in Abuja from deducting $418 million from the bank accounts of the 36 states of the federation.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the court in a ruling that\u00a0was delivered by Inyang Ekwo, the judge, ordered FG to suspend the planned action, pending the determination of a suit brought before it by governments of the 36 states.<\/p>\n<p>Governor of Ekiti state, Kayode Fayemi lastweek said state governments will not accept arbitrary deductions of funds by\u00a0the federal government.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Jibrin Okutepa,<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0who led the legal team of the states, told Ekwo that the 36 states would be completely crippled if the FG deduct the huge amount from the bank accounts of the states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Okutepa said the FG had revealed the plan to deduct the $418 million from the accounts of states every month as part of debts for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/11\/04\/fashola-fg-to-spend-n7-4trn-on-854-highway-contracts\/\">contracts<\/a> allegedly executed for the states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He, however, said that the 36 states\u2019 attorneys-general have read the purported judgment displayed by the FG and found that the states were not parties to the court action which resulted in the judgment debt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">After listening to the arguments of the 36 states, Ekwo retrained the FG from deducting from the states in respect of the purported court judgment until all issues relating to it were fully determined.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Defendants in the matter include the attorney general of the federation, minister of finance, accountant general of the federation and all banks in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>While adjourning the matter till November 30, Ekwo ordered the plaintiffs to serve all the relevant court processes on the defendants.<\/p>\n<p>The controversial payment of $418 million to consultants over the\u00a0Paris Club refund had become a contending issue between the three tiers of government.<\/p>\n<p>Consultants had claimed the amount as a percentage for the payment of services rendered to the states and local government councils. 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