Nigeria, Feb. 28 -- The House of Representatives Committee on Public Account has threatened to issue a warrant of arrest on the Central Bank Governor, Oluyemi Cardoso, for shunning its invitations.

The Chairman of the committee, Bamidele Salam (PDP, Oyo), issued the threat in a letter addressed to Mr Cardoso on Tuesday.

In the letter, dated 27 February, the committee accused the CBN boss of shunning invitations to its hearing on revenue leakages through the Remita platform.

Mr Salam said the CBN governor has ignored four invitations but only sent a representative to appear in his stead.

He threatened that the committee would invoke section 89 of the 1999 Constitution, mandating it to issue a warrant of arrest if the need arises.

"It ...