The National Assembly Joint Committee on Finance has constituted a special committee to probe a shortfall of over N4 trillion in revenue due to indiscriminate waivers by government agencies.
The decision to set up a panel to investigate the shortfall followed a motion moved by Senator Adamu Aliero during a hearing to examine the revenue profiles of ministries, departments, and agencies and government-owned enterprises ahead of the 2025 budget. The hearing aimed to enable the Senate and House of Representatives committees to develop accurate and realistic revenue projections for 2025. This joint committee is co-chaired by Senator Sani Musa and Hon James Faleke.
Moving the motion, Aliero said: “Due to the issue of waivers, there is a serious shortfall between what is supposed to be collected as revenue and what is actually collected. “From our records, over N5.9 trillion was supposed to be in the consolidated revenue fund of the federation, but we only have N1.9 trillion. We need to set up a special committee that will investigate this serious anomaly. “We cannot continue to allow revenue agencies to spend money without the National Assembly.
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