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$13bn Paris Club: States, LGAs didn't believe anybody could stop illegal front-line charge – Ned Nwoko


By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South
FORMER Member, House of Representatives and lawyer, Prince Ned Nwoko, has disclosed that the 36 States and 774 Local Government Areas in the country never thought that anybody could stop the Federal Government from deducting money on front line charge from their statutory allocations to service Paris Club loans when he took up the gauntlet as a consultant, over 12 years ago.
Nwoko, who spoke in an interview with BBC news in Igbo, asserted: “On the issue of Paris Club refunds… as a practicing lawyer in United Kingdom, I had many big briefs from Nigerian government, Moroccan government, Ghana government, British government, etc. When you work at that level, you can determine your fees. So as a consultant I determine my fees and the kind of work I do are very specialized. Very few people can do what I do.” ....

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