Mr. Nev, who handed the Committees that comes to the fore in validating the Defendant’s Claim. Now Mr. Nev on his own part, has stated that he was not aware of, and was not part of any Committee in respect of this Visit, thereby directly contradicting the Defendant’s assertions. His closest statement was when he had testified in Chief, stating that the Defendant directed him to bring the Monies to his Office for “Designated Officers”, who would carry out their duties in regard to the Presidential Visit. Under Cross-Examination, Mr. Nev had acknowledged that such an important Event would usually entail setting up Teams from different Departments such as; Information, Logistics and Securities, to organize and ensure the success of the Event, and added that his own responsibility stopped at the Government House. His Job Function was only to implement Policies, Programmes and Decisions of the Government of the day and generally Coordinate and Supervise Staff in ensuring a Smooth Administration of Government House. Whilst admitting that he raised the various Heads of Expenses and the particular Agencies relevant to carry out those Assignments, he did not have the details of the responsibility of the Officers involved, as wider Assignments of this nature are handled at the discretion of the Chief Executive, the Secretary to the State Government and other Top State Government Functionaries. The Defendant, under Cross-Examination agreed with the Prosecution that the above was the Normal Procedure but stated that it was not a Mandatory Procedure because he could assign any Officer/Individual to receive a Visitor, depending on the timing and the manner of the Visit. Where time is not a factor, it would be through the Secretary of the State Government. He admitted having a Secretary to the State Government, whose name was Mr. Zaku, and agreed that it was Mr. Zaku’s responsibility to receive Visitors in this instance. 174

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