The House of Representatives Public Account Committee has suspended the 2026 budget consideration of Corporate Affairs Commission, Standard Organization of Nigeria, Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, and 18 other agencies of the Federal Government over refusal to remit account on the funds appropriated to them in previous budgets.
Announcing the sanction on Thursday, Chairman of the Committee, Bamidele Salam said the committee recommended the suspension following failure of the agencies to resolve the issues arising from the 2021 Auditor-General’s Annual Report.
Salam said the Committee is left with no choice than to write all relevant committees of the House to suspend consideration of 2026 budgets of the agencies pending when they render their accounts and honour invitation by the House.
“From the 2021 Auditor-General’s Annual Report, these agencies of the federal government have refused to render their accounts and since we are now at the budget session, we have no choice other than to suspend consideration of the budget,” Salam said.
“Relevant House Committees will be notified not to consider budgets from these agencies.”
According him, the agencies are:
Federal Government College, Kwali
Council for the Regulations of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria
Federal Government College, Rubochi
Federal Government Boys’ College, Garki, Abuja.
Federal College of Land Resources Technology, Owerri,
Federal University of Gashua, Yobe State
National Business and Technical Examination Board (NABTEB),
FCT-Secondary Education Board
Federal Ministry of Housing & Urban Development
Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON)
National Insurance Commission (NAICOM)
Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development
Federal Polytechnic, Ede
Federal Polytechnic, Offa
Federal Medical Centre, Owo
Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi
Federal Medical Centre, Bida
Federal Medical Centre. Birin Kebbi
Federal Medical Centre, Katsina
Corporate Affairs Commision (CAC)
Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet)
In the meantime, the committee drilled management of the Nigerian Communications Satellite over some discrepancies it discovered in the agency’s account. The committee adjourned till Wednesday, February 18 for continuation of the investigation.
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