The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has resolved to probe the activities of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) over its failure to submit its audited accounts to the Auditor General of the Federation from 2014 till date.
The committee is currently reviewing claims of alleged deliberate and reckless refusal by non-Treasury Funded MDAs to render audited accounts to the Office of the Auditor General of the Federation.
The committee’s move followed the failure of the agency to explain why the accounts of the key revenue-generating agency, were not audited for those years.
Recall that the Committee had last week ordered the Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, to appear before it within 48 hours with evidence of audited accounts in the last four years, or face a warrant of arrest.
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The committee had last week, dismissed explanations of a director, who represented the DG.
The director had told the panel, that the audited reports for the period under review were ready, but yet to be approved by the Board of the agency, but the lawmakers rejected his submission, describing it, as an afterthought.
When the Director General appeared before the committee Thursday, he reiterated that that the audit was awaiting the agency’s Board approval.
He said that he met accumulated unaudited accounts of the agency, when he resumed as the DG but had started clearing the backlogs of unaudited accounts.
