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(DOST-SEI) DOST-SEI Director Dr. Josette Biyo assured the public that the funds will be remitted to the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) after the Commission on Audit (COA) flagged the Institute for its unutilized funds and directed them to return these funds to the state coffers. “To date, SEI is now in the process of preparing the necessary documents for the reversion of the P1.7 billion to the Bureau of the Treasury which accumulated over the years,” she told the Manila Bulletin in a Viber...

Financial Secretary Glenroy Forbes presents on the state of finances at the March 20 Cabinet retreat on Scrub Island. (Photo: GENEVIEVE GLATSKY) Acting Financial Secretary Jeremiah Frett and his predecessor Glenroy Forbes were questioned on Tuesday by the Commission of Inquiry about a topic they know well: money and how it was spent. Mr. Forbes served as financial secretary from 1991 to 1998 and again from 2002 to 2005. He was appointed for a third time in 2017 and served until January of this...

Niger Delta Budget Monitoring Group The Niger Delta Budget Monitoring Group (NDEBUMOG) has lamented the exclusion of citizens and civil society organisations (CSOs) from participating in budget processes in spite of constitutional provisions for their inclusion. It noted that inputs and needs of communities were hardly captured in budgets, stressing that Federal and state governments were systematically closing the civic space, thereby, making it difficult and risky for citizens to demand accou...

The Select Committee on Appropriations and the Select Committee on Public Enterprises and Communications received a briefing from the Department of Public Enterprises on the proposed transfer of R2.7 billion to South African Airways (SAA) subsidiaries. The committees also had an update on the R7.8 billion that was transferred to the SAA in the 2020/21 financial year, including the terms and conditions of the 2018 Special Appropriation Act linked to the approved R10.8 billion to SAA. In ...

No fewer than 40 out of the 48 bills so far passed by the Ahmad Lawan-led 9th Senate, are awaiting either the presidential assent, or the House of Representatives’ concurrence. Also, no fewer than 160 out of 287 bills passed by the Bukola Saraki-led 8th Senate were not given assent by...The Advocate

Udora Orizu in Abuja The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on assessment and status of all recovered loots has directed the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris and the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, to furnish it with a summary of all transactions made from the recovered loot accounts since 2002. The Committee also invited the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, to appear before it on June 3, 2021 to properly re...

House of Representatives yesterday queried the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris for making an illegal withdr

Imbert rejects UNC claims on HSF spending Colm Imbert FINANCE Minister Colm Imbert on Wednesday rejected what he said were "a number of wild, misleading and inaccurate allegations" from the Opposition UNC on the use of withdrawals from the Heritage and Stabilization Fund (HSF) in 2020. In a statement, Imbert declared, "The Opposition has claimed that the money withdrawn from the fund was used to pay contractors and suppliers of goods and services in 2020, rather than for covid19 relief and vac...

Reps relieve 12 committees of duties over non-performance Published 6 May 2021 THE House of Representatives on Wednesday withdrew from 12 ad hoc committees the various tasks given to them over their failure to conclude assignments given to them and submit reports before the chamber. The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, said after dealing with the non-performing ad hoc committees, the standing committees would be the next. The substantive committees are now to submit their reports on or before May 25...

Vanguard News Arms purchase probe: Reps sack committee, 11 others On By Tordue Salem The House of Representatives has disbanded its ad hoc committee investigating the purchase, use, and control of arms, ammunition, and related hardware by Military, Paramilitary, and other Law Enforcement Agencies in Nigeria. The panel was relieved of its mandate by the House on Wednesday. The probe may be continued by another committee, that will be constituted by the Speaker in accordance with the House Rules...