The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee has summoned the Accountant-General of the Federation, Shamseldeen Ogunjimi, to appear before it on Monday, 13 July. The summons follows the committee’s expression of dissatisfaction with what it described as the Accountant-General’s persistent failure to respond to invitations and requests for official documents.
The committee also directed the heads of six Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) to appear on the same day, warning that it would invoke its constitutional powers to compel attendance should they fail to comply.
The committee issued the directive during its sitting on Tuesday, with its Chairperson, Bamidele Salam, describing the Accountant-General’s conduct as inconsistent with the responsibilities of his office.
According to Mr Salam, the committee has sent several letters to the Office of the Accountant-General over the past few months requesting documents and inviting the office to appear before lawmakers. He noted that these requests had either gone unanswered or received inadequate responses. Consequently, the committee issued what it described as a final invitation, directing Mr Ogunjimi to appear in person on Monday, 13 July.
