….Vows to Invoke Constitutional Powers Against Defaulting Agencies…Gives Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority Two Weeks to Reconcile Financial Records
By Henry Umoru
ABUJA — The Senate has urged the Federal Government to intervene and ensure that Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) honour invitations to appear before legislative committees to account for the remittance of internally generated revenue (IGR) and operating surplus into the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF).
Speaking on Wednesday in Abuja during an interactive session with government agencies on remittances of IGR and operating surplus by MDAs into the CRF between 2023 and 2025, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Sani Musa (APC, Niger East), warned that the committee would invoke its constitutional powers against agencies that fail to comply with invitations.
Musa expressed concern over the refusal of some invited agencies to appear before the committee, stressing that heads of government institutions must personally honour invitations to explain their organisations’ financial activities and statutory obligations.
