The senate on Wednesday issued 7-day ultimatum to the
Central Bank of Nigeria, the Federal Inland Revenue Service, and others
defaulting to submit their statements of income and expenditure accounts
spanning from 2017- 2019 to do so or face dire consequences.
Other agencies are the Federal Airport Authority, Asset
Management Corporation of Nigeria and the Office of the Accountant General of
the Federation, Federal Capital Territory Administration, Niger Delta
Development Commission, Nigerian Investment Promotion Council, Federal Airport
Authority and National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure.
Also defaulting are, Nigeria Football Federation, Federal
Roads Maintenance Agency, National Space Research and Development Agency,
Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute, Nigerian Maritime Administration
and Safety Agency and Industrial Training Fund.
The senate also urged the defaulting agencies to submit
their lingering responses on issues raised about the belated statement of
accounts as contained in their earlier exchanged correspondences.
The Senate also invited the Federal Road Safety Corps,
Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, Nigeria Insurance Trust Fund and National
Primary Healthcare Development Agency.
This development followed the Public Account Committee (PAC)
of the Senate’s press briefing in National Assembly wherein it disclosed that
some Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the federal government,
have not disclosed their accounts for years, as stipulated by law.
Senator Matthew Urhoghide, Chairman of the committee, told
Journalist that the PAC had issued correspondences to the affected agencies to
submit a statement of accounts, to enable the committee carry out “special
oversight functions”.
The committee said it has the backing of sections 85, 88 and
89 of the 1999 constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria and Order 97(5)
of the Senate Standing Orders 2015 as amended.
Despite several notices for agencies to submit their
statement of accounts, the committee said many of the MDAs have refused to
comply.
“In the light of this, all the defaulting agencies are by
this notice, given the last opportunity to make submissions before their
invitation to the scheduled public hearing”, Senator Urhoghide said., mm
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