The House of Representatives
yesterday asked the federal government to make available to it the full
forensic audit report on the alleged missing $20billion from Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
The House of Reps’ action is a direct consequence of the exclusive demand made by LEADERSHIP Newspaper, which had invoked the Freedom of Information Act, to compel the auditor-general of the federation (AuGF) to provide the newspaper with the full report of the forensic audit of the NNPC.
However, rather that comply with this lawful demand, the AuGF Office had directed the newspaper to the presidency.
House minority leader, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, who moved the motion, expressed concern at the allegations by the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria in 2013 that such a huge amount of money was missing from the NNPC, even as he lamented federal government’s inaction on the said report.
The motion noted that on April 2014, the Presidency had through the minister of finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, announced the engagement of a reputable international auditing firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers, to carry out a detained forensic audit on the accounts of NNPC.
Gbajabiamila lamented that since February 2, 2015, when the audit report was formally presented to President Goodluck Jonathan by the auditing firm, up until now neither the general public nor the National Assembly had been briefed in details on the contents of the report.
The resolution of the House reads: “For the purposes of accountability and in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act, the federal government should, as a matter of urgency and in the interest of the general public, make the full report available to the Public Account Committee for the benefit of the House.”
Polls: Motion To Stop Troops Deployment Stalled In Reps
An attempt to stop the federal government from deploying military personnel for elections has suffered a setback in the House of Representatives.
A motion to that effect sponsored by the House minority leader, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila (APC, Lagos) was stepped down at plenary yesterday pending when House gets advice from relevant Standing Committees.
The motion, which was aimed at calling lawmakers’ attention to the need to stop what he called ‘’an unconstitutional deployment of military personnel for election purposes,’’ noted with dissatisfaction the deployment of military personnel to polling units contrary to Section 217 of the Constitution.
The House of Reps’ action is a direct consequence of the exclusive demand made by LEADERSHIP Newspaper, which had invoked the Freedom of Information Act, to compel the auditor-general of the federation (AuGF) to provide the newspaper with the full report of the forensic audit of the NNPC.
However, rather that comply with this lawful demand, the AuGF Office had directed the newspaper to the presidency.
House minority leader, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, who moved the motion, expressed concern at the allegations by the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria in 2013 that such a huge amount of money was missing from the NNPC, even as he lamented federal government’s inaction on the said report.
The motion noted that on April 2014, the Presidency had through the minister of finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, announced the engagement of a reputable international auditing firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers, to carry out a detained forensic audit on the accounts of NNPC.
Gbajabiamila lamented that since February 2, 2015, when the audit report was formally presented to President Goodluck Jonathan by the auditing firm, up until now neither the general public nor the National Assembly had been briefed in details on the contents of the report.
The resolution of the House reads: “For the purposes of accountability and in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act, the federal government should, as a matter of urgency and in the interest of the general public, make the full report available to the Public Account Committee for the benefit of the House.”
Polls: Motion To Stop Troops Deployment Stalled In Reps
An attempt to stop the federal government from deploying military personnel for elections has suffered a setback in the House of Representatives.
A motion to that effect sponsored by the House minority leader, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila (APC, Lagos) was stepped down at plenary yesterday pending when House gets advice from relevant Standing Committees.
The motion, which was aimed at calling lawmakers’ attention to the need to stop what he called ‘’an unconstitutional deployment of military personnel for election purposes,’’ noted with dissatisfaction the deployment of military personnel to polling units contrary to Section 217 of the Constitution.
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