Kano Assembly orders three agencies to refund N260m
The Kano State House of Assembly on Tuesday ordered the state Road Traffic Agency, Primary Health Care Agency and Printing Press to refund N260 million misappropriated by the three agencies.
The Assembly issued the order during plenary presided by the Speaker, Jibril Ismail Falgore, on Tuesday.
The Assembly indicted the three state agencies for misappropriation of allocations and the internally generated revenue.
“The three affected agencies have been directed to refund N260 million they misappropriated,” Falgore said.
In a unanimous adoption of the recommendations of the House Committee on Public Accounts, the Assembly cautioned all ministries, agencies, and parastatals to comply with due diligence on public finance or face sanctions.
“The assembly will no longer accept any act of recklessness in spending of allocation and IGR and any MDA found wanting will be made to refund and face the wrath of the law.
Earlier, the Chairman House Committee on Public Account, and member representing Fagge Constituency, Mohammed Tukur, who presented the 2021 audited public account, expressed concern over financial ‘iniquity’ in government agencies.
In the report, Tukur narrated how allocations on COVID-19 and social welfare programmes got zero release of funds while the construction of 100 pit toilets with an estimated budget of N200 million secured 100 percent capitalisation.
The lawmaker also lamented how the previous administration refused to approve the audit of six years of public accounts, leaving behind a backlog of unaudited public expenditures.
Tukur equally raised concern about the misuse of public revenues and allocations by the Kano State Road Traffic Agency, Kano State Primary Health Care Agency and Kano Printing Press, which were indicated in the report.
The Majority Leader, Lawan Husain, moved a motion to compel the Auditor General and Accountant General of the state to ensure proper accountability and transparency of public funds and refund of misappropriated monies by MDAs.
