The House of Representatives Committee on Finance has
criticized the use of “papers for accounting” instead of computer system by the
Office of Accountant General of the Federation.
The Chairman of the Committee, James Faleke was left fuming
as the representatives of the OAGF could not provide the information required
by the committee during the hearing on the 2023-2023 Medium Term Expenditure
Framework (MTEF).
The Director of Federation Account in OAGF, Muhammed Saleh
appeared before the committee with paper documents containing outdated
information.
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), one of the agencies that
appeared before the committee claimed to have remitted N1.5 billion, however,
Mr Saleh claimed that N27 million is the update in their books.
But representatives of the Fiscal Responsibility Commission
disputed the figure presented by the OAGF.
Reacting to the use of papers, Mr Faleke said; “ You are
using analogue because you issued them the receipts; you gave them the treasury
receipt,” he said.
“The problem you even have is that your receipts are
handwritten. It should be automatically generated. You as the director of FAAC
sitting down here should be with your laptop. If I ask you a question you just
point, show me and tell me what it is,” he said.
Sada Soli, a member of the committee, said the use of
analogue system is responsible for the revenue leakages in the country.
“My chairman, still at this age, the office of the
Accountant-General like you said they are writing handwritten receipts. It is
in the same office that IPPIS is compromised. Which is in the court of law
today. I think the office of the accountant-general must wake up,” Mr Soli
said.
In his ruling, Mr Faleke said the OAGF should automate its
accounting system.
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