“That is what we are going to tell the president of this country.”
The Senate Committee on Public Accounts yesterday threatened to sack heads of ministries, departments and agencies that had been spurning its summons seeking their clarifications on allegations of unathourised spending contained in the recent report from the office of the Auditor General of the Federation.
“That is what we are going to tell the president of this country. The executive must ensure that you are removed from office.” Oroghide stated that his committee would not accept defence by proxy – a situation where heads of the agencies would just send anybody – to appear for them, insisting that they must defend their queries themselves.
“Tomorrow, if any body takes us to court, we are going to have proper justification and evidence to say yes, you came to the National Assembly and this was what you said.”
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