By; IYOKPO J. EGBODO, Abuja
Auditor General of the Federation (AGF) has been invited to appear before the House of Representatives on Tuesday August 30, 2022 to provide documentary evidences on the audit carried out on the monies used by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited for payment of fuel subsidy between 2013 and 2022.
The House Ad hoc committee subsidy payment in the period under review also directed office of the Accountant General of the Federation to provide relevant financial transactions on the fuel subsidy for the period within review.
Chairman of the committee, Hon. Ibrahim Aliyu issued the notice in Abuja, during the scrutiny of documents submitted by representative of Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Okolieaboh Sylvia who was represented by the Director Overseeing Federation Accounts, Mr. Mohammed Saleh.
In the bid to ensure fair hearing as enshrined in the law, the Committee chaired by Hon. Aliyu is expecting the Accountant General of the Federation on the 8th September, 2022 with relevant documents.
Also speaking, Hon. Isiaka Ibrahim tasked the Accountant General of the Federation on the need to have independent monitoring mechanism to verify the veracity of the transactions.
He also expressed the need for the office of the Accountant General of the Federation to ensure due diligence by verifying the transaction documents submitted by all government agencies in line with its functions as spelt out in the Act.
On his part, Hon. Mark Gbillah after thorough scrutiny of the documents, identified some discrepancies in the amount computed in the NNPC documents.
The chairman explained that the House mandated the Ad-hoc Committee to ensure effectiveness of the fuel subsidy regime, scrutinize payment to petroleum marketers which it will carry our effectively
