Reps Committee Grills Police, Accountant General Of The Federation Over PFIPC – Ty

Some leg of this matter is in court already and you know what our households say about matters in court and in view of the fact that they have pending ongoing investigations. We we felt it will be counterproductive for their papers to be everywhere and as a result of that they brought only one submission.

Any member of the committee that want to interact with the evidence is bring will be given to him and will be mocked later so that it will not be from this committee that the information of the security agencies will be led out. This is the decision of our committee and I wish to make it clearly here and know that we will not share the reports of the security agencies in view of the fact that they have ongoing investigation.

So you can go ahead please as investigated part of this case late last year and filed head count charges before a federal high court. The case is ongoing and uh we also have arrested this suspect is in our custody. I can assure you that and we have also continued with uh areas that were not addressed before the before this time and also other security agencies are also undergoing uh carrying out investigations with respect to this matter.

So I think uh uh Mr. Chairman, I will seek your permission to keep the matters as they are because we don’t want to say things that are under investigation. It is definitely going to prejudice the all investigation and uh make people to have opinions that might not necessarily be the outcome of uh uh that may have that may prejudize the outcome of our investigation or judicial decision.

Thank you sir. So we have your solution very clear very bulky with all the evidences and back up that you think it should be given to us. May I use this opportunity as the chairman of the committee to confirm two things from you or a few things from you so that we will know that the evidences from A to K is really an anure that came from the Nigerian police.

You know these days if the agency can have an act under investigation can have an act we don’t want to play to the hand of anybody that will give us evidence that are not from the Nigerian police. We have your anure A which is the police interim report. Where is the cler? We need a cler here that will move between us and the person we are interacting with.

Ser call ; by Latif Ahmed, PhD, the principal staff officer to the inspector general of police. ; Give you ; can you for confirmation? Collect it. ; Give it to him for ; Can you confirm this exhibit A ; from you? If it’s emanate from you. ; Yes. ; Okay. Give us back please. We are done.

But we will want to call the attention of the general public in respect to exhibit A is an interim report of the investigation of the Nigerian police. Two issues that we will not read the report because it will undermine their investigation. But two issues that were raised here in the course of our investigation was confirmed by the Nigerian police.

That in matter of truth, there was a report sent to the Nigerian police via reference number CO 8042 dated 17 October 2025 by one right. Bia the chief of staff to the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Is that correct? ; Yes sir. ; Okay. Where he addressed it to the director general of the department of state service and were copies to the Nigerian police and the police order investigation of this matter.

Is that correct? Again I repeat the date on the 17th October 2005 ; 2025. ; Yes. ; Good. And the matter was investigated and reported to the court for criminal conspiracy and forgery. ; Yes sir. ; Am I correct? ; No sir. ; It’s just to make general public understand we can’t keep your report quiet like that.

The aspect that you confirm that have to do with issues that were raised here we have to mention it in one way or the other. Now again through another letter reference 88 CO 80E50 the same one Feabia Miller chief of staff to the president of the republic write another wrote another petition against the same person one prince Adeni Adi Matthew the attach of the complaint that he put was is attached to this your letter written to you.

Is that correct? ; Correct sir. ; And he made the following allegation. One of the allegation met in the second letter. This first one you took it to court for conspiracy and forgery. Yes. ; The second one he alleged that one prince ad Matthew had been parading himself as director general of the fictitious presidential economic and advisory council.

; Presidential economic and advisory council ; as well as well as presidential foreign intervention promotion council ; that is two agency in one. ; Yes sir. ; I request that the suspect Yes. ; Use his fictitious capacity to secure an office in the federal secretariat conflict. ; Yes. ; Complex. ; Yes sir.

; So the chief of staff to the president raise that as a second issue. Yes. ; In your letter. ; Yes. ; The third one that the suspect secure a recruitment waiver to employ about 300 staff. In your petition, in his petition to you, he reported that. Is that correct? ; Yes, sir. ; He also requested the inclusion and secure approximately 1 bill300 million NRA in the budget for the agency in the 2026 appropriation act.

Is that correct? Yes. ; Then lastly that the suspect that the suspect had further gone ahead to plan and arrange for wall investment summit scheduled to talk take place in 2026. All these 65 issues are the issues raised by righte in the petition to the police second petition to the police. Yes sir. ; Is that correct? ; Yes sir.

; Okay. Finally, before you leave and you have attached exhibit A1, exhibit B1. May I show you B1, ; please? B12. ; B1. B1 is investigate is a letter written to commissioner of police. investigation into Prince Ad Matthew and the fictitious presidential economic advisory council and presidential foreign investment promotion council dated 1st July 2026.

Can you confirm this if it is from the Nigerian police? ; Yes sir. to the special police on 29th June 26 by he was president and then police national ; okay hold that document with you where it was signed by open the page he wrote the second complaint petition and raised five issues There is your exhibit C1 cler which is conveyance of approval to take off presidential economic advisory council and foreign intervention promotion council.

You mark it as exhibit C1. Is that your own exhibit? Does it emanate from you? ; Yes sir. ; Okay. Who wrote the letter? Which letterheaded paper is that? The first page, ; the first page is uh from ; which agency is is uh titled House Abuja Nigeria. ; Okay. And it is signed by rule ; chief of staff. ; Okay.

B1 check the same letter second page from claim to the ID. It was signed by purportedly signed by who? ; When this is not purported because we have confirmed ; it is signed by who? ; By by the chief of staff to the president. ; Can you check your two signature? Are they safe? ; They are not the same. ; They are not the same. ; They are not the same.

; So from the letter you confirmed from chief of staff raising five issues that the agency should be investigated. ; Yes. and your minutes that you obtained from the suspect that seem to confirm his appointment, the signatures are not the same. ; They are not the same, sir. ; Are you sure? ; I I’m sure, sir.

; Thank you very much. I think that is confirmed. ; Thank you, sir. ; I I’m not being preemptive, but agencies even under state house, they also use the letterheaded paper of state house. So this letter was purportedly used the letter headed paper of state house purportedly signed by chief of staff to the president and the letter that was confirmed by police Nigerian police that chief of staff wrote to them for the investigation of the purported agency.

The signature of the chief of staff does not tally with the chief of the signature of the letter that is obtained from the prince ad they completely vary. They don’t look alike. They are not the same in in respect of these two before I allow members go through it. The letter written by the chief of staff to office of the national security advisor carry the same signature with the one confirmed by state police but vary with the signature that the man was said to be appointed.

So we are in position of six exhibits letters written by the chief of staff to the president that carry the same signature the same no varants but at no point we did not sign site any letter that the signature on the appointment of the so-called agency seems to tally. I give this to my colleagues to go through it and see while you confirm exhibit D.

Exhibit D1 cler where are you? Dan police are the third agencies that are presenting to us a fourth act of the national assembly in the course of struggle to establish a fourth fake agency even the act of the national assembly was said to be fought let me give my colleagues I don’t think we should go through the content of the evidence let’s be so that other members will site the document let’s concentrate on the first signature if we notice the variation in the signature we can we can do in our secretar go through the evidences so

it’s just for us to site the signature are they the same so that other exhibit will be given to you to go through it exhibit D you can give them purported act of the national one of his letter he use state house letter headed paper and the other letter he use uh presidential investment Foreign investment promotion council letter headed paper.

So we will equally go deep to ask him as to why do we have a letter emanating genuine letter emanating from office of the chief of staff with his authentic signature corresponding with even some of the document chief of staff signed as a speaker of the national assembly. The signatures have been consistent but on the appointment letter and other documents that came from provention that council seems to vary from vary from all other documents.

We will come to that the letter of appointment in the two letterheaded paper that he uses state house letter headed paper. The one that carry his appointment is not restricted but the one that right honorable fee wrote to the security agencies carry restricted. So these are all questions that need to be answered in the course of this but we will get there. Thank you.

This one request for waiver to recruit staffs. The head of civil service has given us. There is no need to circulate it. Request for staff and existing vacancies from your exhibit. We have equally cited it in the course of our investigation and the old tally office budget office of the federation. He have appeared here and what he said and the document he gave us also tally with your exhibit HA as well as uh award of contract for the pro provision of furniture which is requesting for approval that was not approved. It was

equally attached here and so many other documents from the ministry of finance and what have you. Some of the document were said to be fought including the one of the permanent secretary to the min to the secretary to the government of the federation where he expressly deny and we equally compare that his signature is not his own.

So if it is about forge document, we are dealing with 29 forge documents and we will get there. Thank you. God bless you. Let me allow members to glance through. But if you have anything to say, say it. But before then, members, you have heard him. They are doing a serious investigation too. And perhaps our report will recommend further investigation by the police and other security agencies.

We are we are avoiding a situation whereby they will be pushed by our customs in such a way that they will speak statements that will undermine their ongoing investigation. But in the spirit of fairness, if you feel you are questioned, have no business whatsoever with compelling the representative of the Nigerian police to say something that will undermine our investigation and their own criminal investigation.

I yield the floor to you to ask. But if you are going toward a direction that will suffocate them to say what we don’t want them to say I think you have donated the power of the g to me I will overrule you thank you let me allow members if you but it will be guided by the time we sense that we are drifting I will use the gavl certainly thank you ; on the on the signature on the first paper and the second one of Mr.

President you say that we have confirmed that one is actually the degree of Mr. of staff but the other is not is being in doubt. I also want to ask the letterhead being used by uh Mr. the DG of the one used by the chief of staff today Mr. President I’ve also confirmed and verify letterhead whether they are the same or whether there’s inference.

Thank you Mr. uh where the issues of uh the authenticity of documents use authenticity of writings were compared forensically and reports made to the to the investigating team which was filed before the federal high court of justice. I think uh is already in court and is ongoing. So I don’t want to preempt investigative uh issues.

If you will find a situation like this involving a public office holder that will be patriotic enough to take the matter to law enforcement agency for investigation and did not stop there. take the matter to relevant government agency to confirm status as it is proven based on the document we have before us instead of using politics to undermine those individuals.

I think they should be commended for patroism. I will not be scared to mention this. There are action taken by public office holders. At the right time we will mention them that they need to be commended instead of being crucified. Without waste of time I think we have second appearance which who took permission last week.

He traveled due to his official exigency and he is here today to interact with us. He wrote officially. He sent representative to deliver the letter officially and he called personally to say that I will not be able to be present today. Please give me another time to appear. He did not say I will not be able to appear before you.

So the accountant general of the federation himself is here. We appreciate the respect you have for the for this committee and for national assembly for writing officially for sending your delegation and for personally calling to take some permission before you appear before us. At this juncture may I yield the floor to you to introduce yourself and the officers that you are here with them.

After that you do not need any permission from us. you go ahead to commence your presentation to us. ; The accountant general of the federation the the other directors on their way uh to to national assembly here I have my chief of staff as well as my essay admitt here. Thank you sir. uh this brief I’m presenting today capture the position of the office of the accountant general of the federation on the circumstances surrounding the establishment operation and budgetary inclusion of the presidential economic advisory council/presidential

foreign investment promotion council. This memorandum highlights the actions taken by the office of the accountant general of the federation between November 2024 and August 2026 on the above subject in the details details the administrative and procedural steps taken uh in the circumstance. Please note that the first interface that this uh port or fake agency had with this my office that’s office of general uh took effect from November 2024 November 2024 even before I office first is the uh administrative code

creation because in your letter of invitation You specifically mention some areas that you need clarification from my office. So let me talk on the administrative code creation. A letter with reference number SH PSFIPC/RQ107 dated 7th November 2024 uh was received in the OEF portently from the state house requesting for the creation of an administrative code for the presidential economic advisory council um for the purpose of budgeting, accounting and reporting.

The administrative code number 031 062001 was created for the council and a letter of conveyance with reference number O AF/CAD/NCA/02/ volume uh V uh 6 then 727 dated 29th November 2024 was issued to state house and copied to budget office of federation. Meaning that there was a letter using state house uh letter head to OGF requesting for an administrative code to be created for the agency.

OGF responded giving that administrative code and sent a letter to state house informing the state house about the creation as requested. The same was also sent to budget office. That is the uh the procedure that we usually follow. The second uh issue that we are asked to talk on is the granting of uh self accounting status.

The OAF further received a letter with reference number SA PSIPC/RQ/108 dated 13th January 2025 from the purported presidential economic advisory council requesting for grant granting of accounting status upon receipt of the administrative code. The office responded by conveying the requirement condition for granting self accounting status via a letter reference uh I nip/ rpr/00003/3 dated 17th January 2025 in line with the financial regulation FR1016022.

The council replied via a letter with reference number SH/PAC/ PFIPC/ RQ/210 dated 12th March 2025 stating their readiness for inspection of the facilities meaning that the first uh uh letter was from the council asking us to grant the council a self accounting status which OGF responded by uh listing out conditions that must be met before such uh uh status is granted to the council.

Then the council wrote back saying that they are ready for inspection to be able to assertain that uh those conditions have been met or part of those conditions have been met and so therefore requesting that OEF should go ahead and grant that accounting status. On receipt of their response, two officer from the office of the accounting general of the federation were mandated via a letter reference INSP/RPR/00 A3/3 dated 24th March 2025 uh to inspect the facilities in the office of the presidential economic advisory council on the second floor federal secretarial

complex Phase 3 Abuja. Following the report of the inspection team, a sixmon provisional selfaccounting status was granted to the council via a letter uh reference INSP-/RP/00003/17 dated 26 March 2025. the uh two man committee was sent to the uh to the council to do that inspection. And after the completion of the inspection, a report was uh issued released by the two submitted to the uh uh to the treasury for consideration of grants of seven accounting councils.

rather than full grant it was recommended that uh 6 month provisional know uh approval should be given probably because they’ve not met all the conditions of uh as laid down by treasury. The other uh item that we were asked to throw more light on with uh your your invitation is the deploy uh deployment of staff.

The purported council further forwarded two letters reference Pac/PFIPC/ volume 1/02 dated 4th April 2025 requesting for the redeployment of two number staff who were earlier posted in 2010 and 2013 respectively. We had two staff that were posted to the office of the chief economic advisor to the president in 2010.

One in 2010, two the second one was in 2013 to the office of the chief economic advisor to the president. It was this office I guess that this fake agency now occupied when that office maybe the the the previous occupant left or something like that. So those two staff remain in that office. We did not deploy those two staff to the agency.

It was the agency that adopted those two staff that were earlier posted to the office of the chief economic adviser to the president which is under the supervision of the office of the secretary to the government of the federation. In addition, five staff from the pool were also requested to be filed to fill the purported existing vacancy.

The council in addition to absorbing two that were met in the office of the chief economic adviser to the president, the council further requested that we deploy five uh staff to them to fill vacancies. However, the OAGF only posted three officers via Treasure Circular reference OGF/ADM/pool/v volume 1/002/30 dated 28th August 2025 to the council.

So they requested for five but we posted only three. The other issue that uh were uh we were asked to throw more light is opening our accounts for the council. Here a letter was received by the office of the accountant general of the federation from the council referenced Pac/ FCIP/DG/TSA/ volume001 dated 11th July 2025 requesting for the opening of TSA accounts and two domicillary accounts for the council, one in USD and the other in great beating pound with the central bank of Nigeria in the name of world investment

summit. The council further stated that the purpose of this request is to facilitate foreign currency transactions for foreign investment to Nigeria in order to stabilize the economy. That was the reason that were given and because probably they want to host uh uh uh world investment summit and so two separate domicary accounts were asked to be given to be opened as well as TSA accounts.

Furthermore, the request for the opening of the account was processed along with other pending requests by ministry department and agencies. The two domestic accounts were subsequently opened by the CBN for inflow only. For inflow only via the letter with reference number BKS/ CSO/ CSO/ AGF/00007/067 dated 13th August 2025.

The two W do accounts opened were never operational because the council did not meet up with the lay down requirement while the TSC account request was declined. He also asked us to uh throw more light on the takeoff grant. The OAF received a letter from Federal Minister of Finance reference FMF/ CMD/PAC iPhone PFIM/1230/D2/16 dated 20th March 2025 for advice on possible source of funding for the takeoff grant of 27 7 billion 395 510 136 to enable the honorable minister make appropriate recommendation for Mr.

President’s consideration and approval. However, no action was taken and there was no as there was no provision in the 2025 servicewide vote nor the agency budget that can accommodate the request. So the uh that request for uh 27 billion was never honored and no payment was ever disposed to to to the agency.

In conclusion, it is important to know that no funds were disbbured under personnel overhead capital or any form of releases through intervention nor cash plan made for the council. Thank you very much. My question is this. Uh for office this month after he sent letter to office and respond to state house. What happened after that? Is there any response from state house to tell you to go ahead? That’s one.

Number two, you also said there recommendation assign your staff for assessment of the office to know if the office is fit enough to record after them. Then what happen when this office is under office of economic advisor to the president under positioning of office of the secretary secretary of relations and at what time did this office transform from office of security advisor to this piece or whatever this agency you have no idea that this is fake agency I also assign your staffs which have been working from office of this advisor to this place and all those all

those people you have no idea of or federation I’m sure you know how important that is we need more on this your first question is very apt from this to this to there how does this happen The accountant general is here to respond. But if we listen, the accountant general in his submission make it clear.

I’m just refreshing our thinking. He have made it clear that the there are two staff from his office that we are posted to the office of the national economic advisor. one in one in 2010 and one in 2013 and they have been there. ; Let us ; get that clear. And secondly, he is very open to this committee again to say the so-called agency requested for three staffs, five ; but they only approve two.

That explanation is met and the general public are listening. So answer the complement of the question he asked. But I only added this explanation to help my colleagues understand that yes there was a level that staffs were there and he equally goes further to say that the staffs are under the supervision of the secretary to the government of the federation.

So we equally have the responsibility to ask officers in the office of the secretary to the state government to explain but I think he the first component of his question is very very important and vital would you can go ahead to respond to it. The first interface that this uh fake agency had with OGF was in November 2024. And so the leadership then what the fake agency did was to submit a fake act.

So we can call it fake now because we have seen it to be fake. fake act purportedly uh uh enacted by national assembly, fake letter of appointment. Everything that was submitted to the leadership in treasury was fake and so probably they did not realize that it was weak and because it was coming from state house the approval was given for the administrative code to be issued.

that is on administrative code. Then on the issue of uh the office of the chief economic advisor, as far as treasury is concerned, those two officers were posted to the office of the chief economic advisor to the president under the supervision of the secretary of the government of the federation. Treasury never assumed or uh written to the fact that those two officers were being taken over by this fake agency.

We never and the staff also never reported to the to the office to say that okay another off another uh council is taking over the office and the the off the the name of the the new council or agency has been changed. It was not known to the treasury. As far as president was concerned, we were dealing with a new agency, not the office of the chief economic adviser to the president.

That was why when the request for five staff were uh delivered to us and we felt that five star was staff was too much for that uh small agency that was just coming. It was decided that three should should be enough. It was when all this matter came to limelight that we got to know that two of our staff were actually working or being absorbed by the fake agency. We never knew.

We thought we believe based on the record available to Treasury that those office officers were still with the off office of the chief economic adviser to the president. Thank you sir. ; Thank you. ; Then sorry sir. Then the letter that was written to state uh to treasury for us to uh give administrative code.

It was responded back to state house. But unfortunately unfortunately as event unfold it was discovered that that letter did not get to state house. It was hijacked precisely by the same man uh who claimed to be the teacher. Because if the state if the letter our letter responding to the request of the state house that administrative code should be issued at it being it has gotten to state house definitely Palm sec house we have noticed that that letter requesting for administrative code was never issued by state house and

uh every other staff even those team that was sent to the agency to you know verify yes all are currently undergoing disciplinary procedure. And uh we we just initially we wanted uh the report from police because police came out first and u uh now recently uh ICPC to conclude why we are also you know going through our own uh uh internal uh um disciplinary procedure as well.

If it’s agency that is created or uh maybe executive Mr. president maybe like uh uh just uh a body it it will come from the secretary to the government of the refrigeration through the approval or convenience of uh Mr. interested and in most cases generally it is the agency itself that will write to OEF to say that uh this uh they now have a chief executive a new chief executive.

So but since my assumption of duty what I do is to ensure that any letter coming from that agency introducing a new leadership I sent the letter straight back to the office of the secretary to the government of federation for authentication since our own office and that has been the practice we I don’t rely on letter coming from the the agency maybe the director human resources or director administration introducing the chief executive of the organization to the treasury.

I go a step further to ask the secretary to government of the federation to kindly authenticate such an appointment. They are expected to report at least on a monthly basis at least because that there are statutory reports they expected to submit and uh on a regular basis at intera weekly they are also encouraged to come up with any issues that affect either personally or the office and where they need clarification from treasury. Thank you.

Yes sir. ; I asked that question in relation to the two officers that were the chief economic advisor. Now if they remain there and the office becomes confident that nobody was appointed and he said this new agency. If they have been meeting their reporting timelines, which is at most or at least once a month as in the case of director as you pointed out, how come if they are now reporting under the opices of a new agency? What would they be writing? Would they be reporting the office of the chief economic advisor

of a new agency? Why? what what reports did they send to you in the entertainment period? ; Thank you honorable. Uh this is part of uh why most of them are going through this uh internal disciplinary procedures because uh first they are not even supposed to be assumed by the fake agency. They are not they supposed to report back to the treasury.

That is one. Secondly, an officer is not expected to stay beyond 3 4 years in an agency. So it means they have made themselves invisible to the treasury to have overstayed in that agency and so there’s no basis for which they they would have been in that agency reporting to an agency that they were never assigned to.

So they are going through that uh disciplinary procedure we have seen so many issues that are coming up. So and that’s why since I came on board one of my principal him before I leave the treasury is to ensure that we know or I can account for every treasury officers that are in the poll of the office of general of the federation.

I want to know everything about them and since I’ve been on board I have hacks but unfortunately you know maybe because of peculiar benefits some of them are not willing to come up you know to be captured appropriately but we are doing everything possible and uh any anybody found culpable will be punished in line with the public service.

; Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I my two earlier interventions was in support of my honorable colleague’s question. So my own question now we have set I will allow you to ask but let’s be fair we have set a guideline that this is the number of moments that we meet at the beginning of your presentation you did point out that your first interaction with the agency came here later November 7 2024.

Now that you alluded to it has an which was signed by Mr. said to be director of administration and support services for family with the current of events. Is this letter? ; Everything everything about that letter presented by the fake agency was never genuine. The the name of the person is a ghost. We found that that person never existed in the or work with state house that uh do nation or the director had been and supply or something.

There was never a department like that in state house. And so and that was why the the DG you know knowing fully well that it is the tradition of the treasury to write back to state house to uh you know confirm the administrative code that let our correspondent to the state was. So that is safe to assume that there are internal collaborators either in your office or state house.

; Yeah. And that is one of the areas that uh either the police or the ICPC investigation will definitely arrive. Thank you sir. authorize and sign that we sent those accounts. Now the like I said the request to open the account came from the agency and so when it comes it’s minuteed down to the appropriate department concerned with uh the evaluation of uh the request which is the funds department and uh the it was briefed up that uh the account should be opened definitely the accountant general will authorize when

the briefing comes up. Do you have a right? ; Yes, please. ; Sometimes right agency uh for president’s council and sometimes using of the state house. Isn’t this one enough red flag for you? Someone at one you later reading presidential uh council investment council for council. Another one you just enough problem

depending on the request. So it is uh sent to different uh departments. So it’s not that all the correspondents come and go straight to one department and so it may be uh a bit difficult for one to notice that uh uh a person in question is one and only you know serving or representing two two offices. So because when the request come it may be minuteed to director TSA another one become minuteed to director card another minute to director form.

So it may be very difficult for one to uh discover that. Thank you sir. ; And I need yes or no answer. I need this uh page page 47 and page 53 because we have why before you give him why I’m doing this for transparency we have confronted the police and established the fact that two different letterheaded paper I hope I’m being hurt very well I’ll call you two different letterheaded papers were used by the so-called DG but in the whole of the exhibit we have no two later headed paper was used to communicate one agency.

What I saw in the anecd attachment by the accountant general. One of the letter was written to the accountant general of the federation which I want you to confirm. Attention director treasury request to open treasury single account TSA domicellary and great Britain pound account with central bank of Nigeria which the letterheaded paper of the agency was used.

The second reference you attach in page 53 is addressed to the minister of finance not accountant general of the federation. So I don’t think there are two letters to the accountant general of the federation based on the document my brother cited that was used to communicate I stand to be corrected but first check this two if it is written to you or there is another evidence that you can chairman is uh is represented by the general of he is which means he has he’s in custody of this letter ; it’s not that he’s given us this

document he’s giving us as part of this I ; I am not against you honorable flatter but I am clarifying so that the general public will not think that the the two letters was addressed to we are on the same page so that the general public will not think that the two letters was addressed to the office of the accountant general uh rather one was addressed to him and one was addressed to the minister of finance.

This is just my clarification but I’m not in contention that two letters were not written to the different agencies. I first raised that matter when the inspector general of police appeared here and I have to confront him with the evidence. So it’s for us to get our records straight. One of the letter is to the minister of finance and one to the accountant general. Thank you sir.

Uh first was a letter from the the agency the DG now using the the presidency as agency under the presidency. This letter is asking for two things. First is to open TSA account. Second is to open two account domicularary account. Like I said earlier, we did not open the TSA account because we found out that the agency did not meet the requirement to do so.

; Listen to hear this. ; I said the first letter I’m being asked to clarify which is from the agency itself. Now using the uh being under the presidency is asking for two things. First for us to open a TSA account. Second to open two domicary accounts. Now we did not open the TSA account because the agency did not meet the condition precedent for us to be able to follow through.

Second, the a the treasury open the two domic accounts because of the purposes that were stated in the letter and it was instructed the CBN open it as inflow only because they still have to come back to treasury to meet up with other conditions for them to be able to operationalize the account which they never do so.

So the account was just open in name but was never operational because the agency has not come back to meet up the laid down procedures for the account to be open and become operational. So as far as you are concerned the account was never open. ; Thank you sir. ; We requested for the statement of account.

We have the statement of account and that there is no single coobo in that account which is here but uh thank you very much for responding to to all the issues that were raised. But again I think the major thing that this committee want to find out from you you have spoken about them but we have not asked you question about them ; not with the view to which haunt you with the view to give recommendation that will block those leakages going forward and I I I I remind us that in addition to his request we are summoning the responsible offices of the national

assembly asmbly so that Nigerians too will see how honorable members will interact with those agencies in times of the gap that exists in the national assembly that led to the budget even going to the president to be ascended to without discovering it at our own level here. So what is good for the good is equally good for the Ganda.

So as a chairman of this committee I will go to that extent. So but to remind you I will not mention names. H he knows about two. I as a chairman I am privileged to have names of over 10 to 12 civil servants that need to appear here to answer question. And if we can call Prince Adini by virtue of the ruling of this city, I think there is nobody that we cannot summon to come here and testify.

So the clerk of this committee will communicate you with names beyond what he is insinuating or asking. We have it written that members of head of service, this office, that office are complacent in one way or the other and will officially write to you to give approval to those members to appear before this committee on Wednesday.

The date has already been given you Wednesday 12 noon. But the names of the officers in your office, people from the head of service office should take note in the head of civil service office and some officers in the office of the secretary to the government of the federation will collectively appear here on on Wednesday in the afternoon.

But let us equally be guided. If these officers appear, I think each committee member here is having the prerogative of making research to know responsibilities of office of the head of service in establishment of agency, responsibilities of the office of the secretary to the government of the federation in establishment of agency either establishment of agency, allocation of office, responsibility of the office of the accountant general of the federation.

So that when we come we will not be bothering instead of asking someone on issue of treasury and treasury leakages we will not be asking him on establishment matter that is a prerogative of the office of the head of service. So we want them at the same time so that will be fair to each and every agencies of government. So may I say that we’ve taken two agency the Nigerian police force as well as the accountant general of the federation which we have all told them that we can invite them or seek for further clarification as the commitment of this committee

moves on. So without much waste of time you know we’ve had two resolutions prior to this time that the major person that this investigation surround should be here on Wednesday which is Prince Adi. We have equally instructed the clerk of this committee in view of the names we have concerning few agencies of government where civil servants were seen to participate in one way or the other.

We are equally asked to be here on Thursday and I know official communication will be reaching to the head of civil service of the federation, the secretary to the government of the federation, the accountant general of the federation, the ministry of finance, the budget office, those six agencies letter will be sent to them today with the names of the person in those offices.

is that we need them to appear here and answer questions on Thursday. So I think we have ruled that and the committee have no objection. Great. Thank you.