The Senate on Thursday directed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, and the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HoS), Esther Walson-Jack, to ensure that ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) that have refused to appear before National Assembly committees honour lawmakers’ invitations.
The upper chamber warned that it would not hesitate to impose appropriate sanctions on agencies that continue to disregard committee invitations.
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, announced the resolution after a majority of senators supported it through a voice vote during plenary.
The resolution followed a motion sponsored by Sani Musa (APC, Niger East), who complained that the heads of several agencies had consistently ignored invitations from the Senate Committee on Finance, which he chairs.
The committee recently commenced an investigation into the management of internally generated revenue and remittances by government agencies between 2023 and 2025.
