{
  "id": 9922365,
  "title": "Rivers Assembly orders arrest of PAMO varsity VC",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/rivers-assembly-orders-arrest-of-pamo-varsity-vc",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-26T06:17:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/09/26/rivers-assembly-orders-arrest-of-pamo-varsity-vc/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Rivers State House of Assembly has issued a warrant of arrest for PAMO University of Medical Sciences Vice Chancellor, Professor Smith I. Jaja, due to his persistent refusal to testify before the House committee. The committee is investigating the allocation of scholarship funds to the institution. During its 53rd legislative sitting on Friday, the Assembly's ad hoc committee, led by Deputy Leader Dumle Maol, invited the Vice Chancellor multiple times to clarify the usage of funds transferred under the scholarship scheme. PAMO University received over N29 billion from the Rivers State Government under the scholarship program, a sum that does not align with the institution's student enrollment figures. The Assembly has requested the Rivers State Government to establish a funds recovery committee to uncover and return the unaccounted funds to the state's Consolidated Revenue Account. Speaker Martin Chike Amaewhule expressed concerns over inconsistencies in the scholarship agreement documentation, revealing that only around N5 billion of the nearly N29 billion allocated to PAMO University has been utilized according to the Assembly's assessment.",
  "summary": "Rivers State House of Assembly has ordered the immediate arrest of the Vice Chancellor of PAMO University of Medical Sciences, Professor Smith I. Jaja, over his repeated refusal to appear before the House committee. The House ad hoc committee is probing the disbursement of scholarship funds to the institution. The Assembly issued the warrant of […] Rivers Assembly orders arrest of PAMO varsity VC",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "N29bn scholarship: Assembly orders VC’s arrest",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/n29bn-scholarship-assembly-orders-vcs-arrest",
        "published": "2026-09-26T01:06:40.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}