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The house of representatives is set to commence an investigation into the non–remittance to the national housing fund (NHF) and utilisation of the fund from 2011 to date.

In a memo made available to journalists on Saturday, Dachung Bagos, the chairman of the ad hoc committee on non-remittance to the NHF, said the investigative hearing would commence on August 23.

Bagos said the committee, which will be inaugurated by Tajudeen Abass, speaker of the house of representatives, has sent invitations to critical stakeholders ahead of the hearing.

Those invited include the head of the service of the federation; the accountant-general of the federation; the auditor-general of the federation; chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related offences Commission (ICPC); acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the surveyor-general of the federation.

Others are the managing director/chief executive of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria; the officer in charge of department of estate development loan; the managing director/chief executive, the federal housing authority; the permanent secretary, ministry of finance, budget and national planning and the permanent secretary, ministry of works and housing.

Also invited are the executive secretary, federal government staff housing loans board; the president/chairman of council, real estate developers association of Nigeria; all ministries, departments and agencies; the commissioner for insurance/chief executive officer, national insurance commission (NAICOM), other concerned stakeholders and members of the public.

The statement also urged the affected institutions and government officials to submit their memos and other relevant documents to the committee’s secretariat.