The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Col.
Hameed Ali , on Thursday disagreed with the Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, over the N28bn allegedly under-remitted into the Federation Account in 2015.
The audited report showed that the NCS remitted N185bn as against N157bn in the Accountant-General’s document. Ali said the query was strange to the service because the mode of Customs collections was purely automated.The members of the panel said the Accountant-General’s latest explanations did not reflect in his earlier written submission to the Senate Panel.On the query of non-remittance of pension fund, Ali admitted that his command defaulted in 2015 because it did not have sufficient funds to meet up with the obligation.
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