Provide details of recovered COVID-19 intervention fund, Reps urge EFCC, ICPC

The House of Representatives on Thursday received the report of the Committee on Public Accounts on a motion on the alleged mismanagement of Covid-19 Intervention Funds disbursed to some Ministries, Departments, and Agencies covering the period 2020 – 2022.

The report was laid before the House by Chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts, Hon. Bamidele Salam.

According to the Committee’s recommendations as indicated on the Order Paper, the Committee urged the House to direct Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences (ICPC) to provide comprehensive information on funds
recovered from MDAs on COVID-19 intervention funds to the Public Accounts Committee and
the House Committee on Finance.

The Committee also urged the House to direct the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation to provide
evidence of remittances/mop-up of unspent funds on COVID-19 intervention funds from MDAs.

The Committee further urged the House to “strongly caution all Chief Accounting Officers of MDAs, Medical Directors of Medical institutions, Directors of Finance and Accounts or Bursars with their
Tender Board Members to stop awarding contracts above their statutory threshold and ensure they always obtain BPP approval for future procurements, in line with relevant extant laws.”

After laying the report, the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Benjamin Kalu referred the report to the Committee of the Whole for further legislative action.

The report is to be considered on the legislative day to be determined by the House Committee on Rules and Business.

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