Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Finance, James Faleke, yesterday directed the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation to provide details of revenue remittances of over 60 revenue-generating agencies.
He gave the directive when officials from the AGF Office led by Director, Federation Account, Muhammed Saleh, appeared before the committee during the presentation of the 2023-2025 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper by the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed.
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Faleke berated the AGF Office for failing to provide updated records of revenue remittances by the Federal Road Safety Commission, the Nigeria Customs Service and other agencies.
While the FRSC disclosed its N1.5bn remittances as of June 2022 which was confirmed by the Fiscal Responsibility Commission; the director from the Accountant-General Office put it at N27m.
Faleke said: “You’re using analogue because you issued them the receipts; you gave them the treasury receipt.
“The problem you even have is that your receipts are handwritten. It should be automatically generated. You as director of funds sitting down here should be with your laptop.”
He said the committee wanted to see the audited report and determine how much the agencies ought to have remitted along with fiscal responsibility.”
