FG Allocates N53bn for Renovation of 103 Foreign Missions   The Federal Government has allocated N53 billion for the renovation of 103 foreign missions, aiming to upgrade various facilities including chanceries, staff quarters, ambassadors' residences, office furniture, and official vehicles. Allocations include N554m for the foreign mission in...

Reps Query CBN, NNPC, Others Over Unaudited Accounts The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has submitted its report on ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government who failed to render their audited accounts within eight years. Prominent among those indicted in the report...

Reps Summon 63 Agencies For N2trn Illegal Spending   The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has summoned 63 institutions of the Federal Government for implementing budgets not presented by the President and passed by the National Assembly, leading to illegal spending totalling over N2...

NASS Probes MDAs Over N600bn Illegal Spending   The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has commenced a full-scale investigation of 115 ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government for spending over N600bn outside their approved budgets on salaries and allowances. Office of the Auditor...

Reps Probe NIPC Over N1.19bn Unapproved Spending   The House of Representatives’ Committee on Public Accounts has commenced investigation of the Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission for spending N1.19bn in the 2018 and 2019 financial years without appropriation by the National Assembly. The probe is based on an...

Audits: Reps Query Agric Ministry’s N18bn Bush-clearing Contracts   The House of Representatives’ Committee on Public Accounts is investigating the Federal Ministry of Agriculture over the award of contracts worth about N18.9bn to several companies to clear bushes during the COVID-19 lockdown. Chairman of the committee, Oluwole...