Auditor-General of the Federation, Adolphus Aghughu, has asked the National Assembly to Account for N9.422 billion expenditure.
This was contained in a query issued to the National Assembly Service Commission by the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation.
While the office of the Auditor-General issued five queries against the House of Representatives were on N5.521 billion expenditures, the Upper chamber was issued seven queries over expenditures totalling N3.595 billion.
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The National Assembly Service Commission was also asked to explain expenditures totalling N307.676 million in two audit queries.
The queries were contained in the ‘Auditor-General for the Federation’s Annual Report on Non-Compliance/Internal Control Weaknesses Issues in Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government of Nigeria for the Year Ended 31st December 2019.’
Mr. Aghughu had presented the report to the Clerk to the National Assembly, Ojo Amos, on September 15, 2021.
The Senate and House Committees on Public Accounts began an investigation into the queries.
The report said a total sum of N2.55bn given to members of the House of Representatives as running costs between July and December 2019 could not be accounted for as there was no evidence to show how the funds were utilised nor retired.
The auditor-general also said a total sum of N258m was released to 59 staff members of the House, while another N107.912 million was given to two workers for repairs and maintenance of unspecified residential quarters.