The Senate Committee on Finance is set to investigate the Acting Accountant General of the Federation, Okolieboh Sylva, the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele and a service provider, REMITTA over alleged unremitted deducted charges into the Federation Account.
The acting Accountant General who appeared before the Senate Committee on Finance on Friday to defend the budget of his office came under scrutiny when he could not provide satisfactory answers to questions raised by the lawmakers about the disbursements and utilisation of the billions of Naira allegedly raised through the payment platform in the last 10 years.
But the Senate Committee led by its Chairman, Senator Solomon Olamilekan , was not satisfied with the Acting Accountant General's explanation, as the lawmakers found it “strange” that the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation received nothing from the billions of money deducted even though the platform belonged to it.
The lawmakers further summoned the CBN Governor, Emefiele, the Office of the AGF and the service provider, REMITTA to appear before it unfailingly on November 16 for explanations.