The Chairman, Senate Public Accounts Committee, on Wednesday gave the Ministry of Finance, Office of the Accountant General of the Federation and the Office of the National Security Adviser till Tuesday next week to explain an alleged secret withdrawal of N7.5bn from the two per cent National Automotive Council Design and Development Council Levy Account.

The Chairman, Senate Public Accounts Committee, on Wednesday gave the Ministry of Finance, Office of the Accountant General of the Federation and the Office of the National Security Adviser till Tuesday next week to explain an alleged secret withdrawal of N7.5bn from the two per cent National Automotive Council Design and Development Council Levy Account.

The account is domiciled with the Central Bank of Nigeria.

The Committee had two weeks ago while scrutinizing the 2015 Auditor General for the Federation’s report summoned the affected agencies to appear before it.

The representatives of the affected agencies were not present at the scheduled meeting on Wednesday.