The Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, has called on the leadership of the National Assembly to enact laws that would strengthen public financial management reforms such Treasury Single Account, IPPIS, IPSAS and GIFMIS being implemented by his office.
Idris made this appeal while receiving members of the Senate Committee on Public Accounts.
The committee members visited Idris in his office as part of their mandate in ensuring accountability, transparency and value-for-money in the management of public accounts of the Federation.
Idris, while responding to some issues raised by the members of the committee, noted that the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation is facing a myriad of challenges.
He said despite this, the office has also recorded a lot of successes.
The challenges enumerated included non compliance of the Agencies with the provisions of Fiscal Responsibility Act requiring the payment of 80 per cent of the operating surplus to the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
Idris therefore called on the Committee members to use their good office to enact laws that would help to resolve the problem.
Speaking further, Idris noted that there is a lack of appropriate sanctions against MDAs that spend revenue generated without authorization.
He reiterated the dedication of the Treasury House towards the success of the reform policies of government and added that the OAGF has employed the services of a Quality Control Assurance Manager, adding that the office is being mindful of hackers.
The Accountant-General also highlighted a few achievements of the Treasury House in the seven months since he assumed duty as the AGF.
He said these were achieved through Corporate Social Responsibility by some banks.
Some of those achievements include acquisition of Six new buses for staff movement, a brand new car port, establishing a crèche for babies of staff members to ease the stress on parents during office hours, a clinic that can sleep 12 patients (six male and six female) and ICT equipments.
The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Andy Uba, in his address stated that the Senate Public Account Committee is constitutionally approved by government for oversight function on the OAGF, adding that they are dedicated stakeholders in the struggle to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Constitution, Senate standing order and extant acts towards ensuring economy efficiency and effectiveness in the management of public funds in spite of their busy schedule at the National Assembly.
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