Consequently, it has demanded the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Director of Budget Office to furnish it with copies of the budget of the PENCOM from 2019 to 2022 immediately for scrutiny.
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Following this development, the Committee chaired by Hon Busayo Oluwole Oke summoned the current Permanent Secretary of Ministry of FCDA, Olusola Olusade , two retired Permanent Secretaries, Sir Chinnyeaka Ohaa and Mr Ajakaye as well as two former Directors of Finance of the ministry for questioning on their failure to render the financial accounts despite being paid their monthly salaries and allowances as public officers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The audit queries issued by the office of the Auditor General of the Federation, over N663.89 billion was not remitted by NNPC into the Federation Account in 2019.
The Chairman of the Committee, Hon, Busayo Oluwole Oke (PDP-Osun), handed down the summon order on Thursday.
The office of the Auditor-General of the Federation had queried the Service for expending the amount on the said exercise between the period in question when there was actually only one recruitment exercise held in the period under review.
This was contained in the 2019 report of the Auditor General for the Federation currently being investigated by the PAC.
The Committee, Chaired by Dr. Busayo Olluwole Oke (PDP-Osun), also kicked against the payments of some of the funds into private accounts of some PSC officials without retirement.
The resolution was reached during an interactive session with major players in the sector at the National Assembly.