HEDA urges EFCC probe into NSPRI’s N683.8m out-of-mandate spending

By Henry Uche
The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate a report by the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) alleging that the Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) spent N683.8 million on projects outside its statutory mandate in a single day.
In a statement signed by its Chairman, Olanrewaju Suraju, the civil society organisation expressed concern over the allegations, particularly the reported scale and concentration of the expenditure on projects that appear unrelated to the institute’s core research responsibilities.
The report, titled “NSPRI Spend...