The Ad-hoc Committee set up by the leadership of House of Representatives (reps) to investigate the actual amount released by President Muhammadu Buhari and his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan administration on Wednesday expressed concerns over the poor accounting system adopted by various agencies engaged so far. Chairman of the reps Ad-hoc Committee, Hon. Francis Uduyok who presided over the investigative hearing, however, harped on the need for all the Accounting Officers of various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to submit bank statements and audited accounts from 2009 to 2019 for legislative scrutiny. Some of the agencies grilled by the reps Committee include: Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) and Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe. While ruling, the reps Ad-hoc Committee requested for submission of all the commercial and CBN bank statements from 2009 till date by next week Thursday.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 23, 2020 18:56 UTC