The investigation is because of the failure of NIMASA to submit its audited accounts to the Auditor-General of the Federation since 2014.
The public accounts committee of the House of Representatives has resolved to probe the activities of theThe chairman of the committee, Oluwole Oke, stated this on Thursday at the resumed public hearing on the agency.
The panel said the director-general of the agency, Dakuku Peterside, who appeared before the committee, could not give satisfactory explanations on why the audited accounts were not submitted to the appropriate quarters as at when due. However when the NIMASA boss appeared before the committee on Thursday, he maintained that the reports were yet to be approved and signed by the board of the agency.
The committee frowned at the submission of Mr Peterside who they said as a former member of the National Assembly ought to make NIMASA a shining example to other agencies by rendering financial accounts of the agency on time.
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