The Senate Committee on Public Accounts on Tuesday took a swipe at the top echelons of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), the Nigeria Police Force and 12 others, saying they are frustrating the efforts of the National Assembly and Bola Ahmed Tinubu at making Nigeria better.
It was reported that the committee commenced the consideration of the audit report in October 2023, with a view to presenting its final report to the Senate committee of whole, but some agencies of government have failed to respond to its demands.
Sen. Wadada said going forward, any agency that refused to honour invitations of the committee would be reported to the Senate committee of whole during plenary for appropriate actions.
The lawmaker listed other agencies frustrating the Senate and Tinubu’s agenda for Nigeria to include the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, Nigeria Mining Cadastre Office, Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (former DPR) and Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade & Investment.
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Others are the FCT Internal Revenue Service, Nigeria Immigration Service, Federal Ministry of Women Affairs, Ministry of Defence and Nigeria Communications Satellite Limited among others.
“The committee is very displeased with the attitude of foot dragging by agencies that are by law, expected to respond to parliamentary invitations and account for their actions.”
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