Auditor-General of the Federation names new head as Aghughu retires

The Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation has announced the appointment of Andrew Onwudili as the new Acting AuGF.

The development was contained in a statement issued by the Ema Oqua, Head of Press Unit of the OAuGF.

Oqua said that Onwudili, a Director in the OAuGF and a Fellow of the Association of National Accountants, replaced the erstwhile AuGF, Adolphus Aghughu, who retired from public service on September 7.

She described the Acting AuGF as a thoroughbred, result-oriented public servant with over 30 years professional experience in audit.

The statement added: “He joined the federal civil service as a senior auditor and has progressed in his career to becoming Director of Audit, Extra-Ministerial Audit Department in the OAuGF before his appointment.

“He attended many courses and in-service trainings locally and abroad which have broadened his professional horizon and refined his competence.

“He has memberships of professional bodies like, Fellow, Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN), Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, among others.”

Meanwhile, a letter from the Federal Civil Service Commission, dated September 7, 2022 directed Onwudili, who is the most senior Director, to oversee the office until the appointment of a substantive AuGF.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the OAuGF is saddled with the responsibility of auditing public accounts of the federation and of all offices and courts of the federation.

According to the Nigerian Constitution, the AuGF or any person authorised by him in that behalf shall have access to all the books, records, returns and other documents relating to those accounts.

This implies that the Constitution of Nigeria has given the OAuGF the authority to carry out audit of all income and expenditure of the Federal Government of Nigeria.