The Senate and the House of Representatives have threatened to impose constitutional and legislative sanctions on heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies and government-owned enterprises that fail to honour invitations from the National Assembly.
The Senate issued the warning on Thursday following a debate over the repeated refusal of some MDAs and GOEs to appear before its committees.
This is as the House Committee on Federal Character ordered the immediate suspension of recruitment activities by the Nigeria Revenue Service over the alleged defiance of its summons by the agency’s Executive Chairman, Dr Zacch Adedeji.
The Senate, presided over by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, unanimously adopted resolutions directing government agencies to comply with invitations from its committees or face sanctions under the 1999 Constitution and other relevant laws.
The resolution followed a motion on the repeated refusal of several agencies to appear before the Senate Committee on Finance, chaired by Senator Sani Musa.
