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Paris Club Refund: Governors Accuse Malami of Supporting Consultants Against Nigerians

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Published: June 15, 2025
Last updated: June 15, 2025
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The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has accused Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, of allegedly conspiring against states over the controversial $418 million request by consultants regarding the Paris Club refund.

The NGF leveled this allegation in a statement issued by Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, the forum’s head of media and public affairs.

A federal high court in Abuja, had on Friday, stopped the federal government from deducting $418 million from the bank accounts of the 36 states of the federation.

According to the statement: “The attention of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has been drawn to a statement issued by the media aide to the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Umar Gwandu, on Friday 5th November 2021 published in the Nation Newspaper of same date in support of deductions of humongous state resources amounting to $418 million from the Federation Account,”

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“The payments are made in favour of private contractors and/or consultants for alleged work done to the Paris Club Refunds to the States and Local Governments. Since the Honorable Attorney General of the Federation (HAGF) has not contradicted his aide, it is therefore deemed that the statement was issued with his authorization and consent.

“We need to state quickly that when we first read this press release, we had to double-check to be sure it was not authored by a lawyer representing either one or all the promissory notes recipients.

“The HAGF is supposed to be the chief arbiter in all matters concerning Nigerians, especially the poor masses of this country. It is incumbent upon him to, not just ensure that justice is done, but that justice is seen to have been done.

“The undue haste, with which the statement was issued even before the service on the AGF of the court processes and the order dated 5th November 2021 restraining the Federal Government, seems to suggest that there is a special relationship between the Office of the HAGF and the consultants over and above Nigerian citizens, whose interest the HAGF as the Chief Law Officer of the Federation is statutorily bound to always protect.

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“The statement also suggests that the restraining order issued last Friday not only unsettled preconceived plans and angered the unnamed ‘government officers’ referred to by the media aide.”

The statement added: “Let him advise the contractors to wait until all appeals and litigations in court are concluded. That is the true test of observing the rule of law. There is no other way, uncomfortable as that would appear,” 

“State resources needed for critical development should not under any guise be frittered away as payments for contracts whose veracity and authenticity is still a subject of litigation and disputation.

“These contractors are impecunious and cannot restitute the states/LGAs if the appeals or other litigation are determined against them.

“We call on the general public to be alert and vigilant. The debt relief granted to Nigeria by the Paris Club in 2005 was meant to enable her to have a respite and use the resources saved for meaningful development.

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