Budget Defence: Senators Chase Out Auditor General Over Discrepancies In Document
The Nigerian Senate has suspended the 2025 budget defence for the Office of Auditor General for the Federation.
It would be recalled that the Senate has earlier scheduled Wednesday, January 22, 2025, as deadline for budget defences to pave way for the Committee on Appropriation to harmonise reports from various committees.
The Auditor General, Shakaa Chira, and his team were sent packing by the Chairman of Senate Committee on Public Accounts, Senator Ahmed Wadada, due to ill preparation and lack of diligent handling of his documents.
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According to reports, Chira appeared before the Committee unprepared and could not answer questions posed to him concerning the 2024 budget performance of his office.
Anger stirred up as a copy of budget documents being read by the Auditor General was different from copies made available to the Committee members.
But allying fears of missing the budget chances, Wadada told the press after the committee meeting that “it is left for the Auditor General for the Federation to go get prepared and return, even in two hours now that he has been told that Wednesday is the deadline.
“He is the Auditor General auditing government agencies; the Senate Public Accounts Committee is statutorily empowered to audit his office.”
Olamilekan Adigun is a graduate of Mass Communication with years of experience in journalism embedded in uncovering human interest stories. He also prioritises accuracy and factual reportage of issues.
