BREAKING: Senate Issues Fresh Ultimatum to President Tinubu Over Appointment

• The Senate has written to President Bola Tinubu to immediately appoint an auditor-general for the federation by Section 86 of the 1999 constitution
• Senator Aliyu Wadada, chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Account, said the absence of the auditor-general for the last 10 has opened the government to mismanagement
• Wadada further explained that the absence of the auditor-general of the federation would frustrate the government's efforts in the fight against corruption

FCT, Abuja - The Senate has written to President Bola Tinubu to immediately appoint an Auditor General for the Federation (AuGF) in line with Section 86 of the 1999 constitution.

According to This Day, the upper chamber maintained that the absence of an auditor-general for the federation for almost 10 months had opened the government to potential mismanagement, transparency and lack of accountability.

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This was disclosed in a communique that Senator Aliyu Wadada, the Senate Committee on Public Account chairman, signed.

The legislature expressed the absence of a substantive auditor-general for the office of the auditor-general for the federation in the last 10 months, adding that it was the apex auditing institution in Nigeria.

The communique reads in part:

”The absence of a substantive AuGF will affect strict adherence to accounting standards, and the annual reports of the auditor-general on the accounts of the Federation of Nigeria Agencies and Ministries, Agencies, Departments (MDAs) cannot be efficiently transmitted.

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Wadada further maintained that the absence of the auditor-general has resulted in a lack of checks and balances, which was an integral part of the committee of the national assemblies for public account.

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The Senate then said it was imperative for President Tinubu to heed its advice in the country's interest.

It added that the absence of the auditor-general would frustrate the government's efforts in the fight against corruption, accountability and transparency in governance.

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Legit.ng earlier reported that President Bola Tinubu broke the record of appointing the highest number of ministers since the beginning of the fourth republic in 1999.

The president earlier sent 28 names of ministerial nominees to the Senate for screening and confirmation on Thursday, July 29, before forwarding the second batch of the nominees to the Red Chamber on Wednesday, August 2.

Source: Legit.ng