FG asked to tame impunity

clarification on many line items contained in its 2019 budget is offered.

It was held that despite the N3bn allocation to the university, there are no physical structures on the site. The agency was also queried for the N300m earmarked for office cleaning and N300m for insurance coverage for floating dock.

Also, NIMASA’s Director General, Dakuku Peterside was asked to explain utilisation of N100m for outsourcing and other monies paid as allowances for official vehicles.

Responding, Peterside said the N3bn was for the smooth takeoff of the university, saying he approved N500m payment for the project in five tranches and that another N500m is yet to be approved.

The Executive Director, OJA Development Consult, Mr Jide Ojo, told Daily Trust that the culture of impunity by the MDAs needs to be broken.

Mr. Ojo, who is also a public commentator and newspaper columnist, said “we have been told that many of the revenue generating agencies have not been remitting monies collected to the federation account as expected.

“The question is, what has the government done to discourage the continuation of this unwholesome practice?” he asked.

Daily Trust Board of Economists’ recommendation

Meanwhile, the Daily Trust Board of Economists in a communiqué noted the urgent need for the federal government to effect a constitutional change by directing every revenue generating agency to limit its expenditure to only approved budgets and remit all excess revenue to the CRF.