Senate,Public Account, A Call for Rescue by 15 Recalcitrant Chief Executives. By Undie Emmanuel.

 

Senator Ahmed Wadada Aliyu and other members of Committee of Public Account.

The Senate Public Accounts  Committee had raised concern on non compliance of Chief Executives of Federal Agencies , Parastrals  some MDA's who have refused to come forward to defend their agency in  regards to the consideration of the Auditor-General,s Annual Report on accounts of the federation for the year end of  31th December,2019.


Senator Ahmed Wadada Aliyu who is a  Committee Chairman made this known  to news men during the week on Tuesday August thirteen as he addressed the press on the issues.


 According to Senator Wanda , "it's  obvious that some Chief Executives are showing an  uncooperative attitude and most  Executive Officers and Accounting Officers ,whose delay  action ,affects their success in keeping  to the mandate  on section 62(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as altered  which states,"The Senate or the House of Representatives may appoint a committee of its members for such special or general purpose as in it's opinion would be better regulated and managed by means of such committee or otherwise as it thinks fit, delegate any functions exercisable by it to any such committee '


Wadada, also called attention to the provisions of sections ,88 and 89 of the constitution Rule 95(5) of the Senate standing Order,2023(as amended) which vested the public  Account committee with the mandate of ensuring accountability and transparency in the management of the public account of the federation, 


The chairman noted that, the committee has powers to consider and inquire into the report of the Auditor --General, for the Federation Accounts and to also embark on statustory inquiry on revenue generation and expenditure of the accounts of the Federation.


The committee is  displeased  at the recalcitrant attitude of some of the CEOs and MDAs towards,"invitation to defend the Audit queries raised  against them in the Auditor -General,s Annual Report for the Year ended 31,th,December,2019 which is retarding  the committee progress which commenced the consideration of the Audit Report in October,2023 with a  view to presenting the report to the Plenary.


According to Wadada, this willful dishonest  attitude to honour invitation to defend their written responses to the audit  queries submitted to the committee secretariat seeks  overhaul. 


At the briefing,before the media, at the senate committee hearing room zero  four, Aliyu, recalled  the committee Rule of engagement, required that, Accounting Officers ,attend committee public hearing to respond to questions arising from the analysis of their submission which in turn, forms  basis for inform decision on the matter by the committee.


The Chairman noted the desire of the committee to timely discharge its constitutional and legislative functions which is being delayed by the evasive and negative action of  the listed CEOs or  accounting officers of the concerned MDAs foot dragging.


He called for Senate intervention and rescue in order  to achieve the President Ahmed Bola Tinubu's zeal and commitment to making Nigeria better.


  He posits that (Nobody ,Institution, or organization in Nigeria  is above the law or should be above the law,)


The MDAs are, (1)office of the⁴ Accountant General of the federation,(2) Nigerian Mining Cadastre (3) Federal In land Revenue services,(4) Nigeria upstream petroleum Regulatory Commission,,(former DPR) (5) Nigeria police Force, (6) Federal Ministry of Industry, trade & Investment( 7),FCT Internal Revenue Services,(8) Nigeria, National Petroleum Company,limited,(9) others are,(10) Nigeria Immigration Services,(11) Federal ministry of women Affairs,(12) Ministry of Defence, and Nigerian ( 13) Communication and Satellite limited,among others.


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