Ado- Ekiti, – The Ekiti State House of Assembly Committee on Public Accounts has recommended consistent yearly audit of accounts of Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs) for transparency and effective service delivery .
The Committee Chairman, Mr Adeoye Aribasoye, representing Ikole Constituency II, made the recommendation during consideration of the report of the Auditor-General on the accounts of the state for the year ended Dec. 31, 2021.
The News Agency ofNigeria (NAN) reports that the consideration of the report was at plenary on Friday at the Assembly complex in Ado Ekiti.
The lawmaker said that there was need for thorough audit of accounts of MDAs to ensure that public fund are spent Judiciously.
Aribasoye, who spoke on behalf of other committee members, flayed the attitude of some ministries that he accused were fond of not keeping up to date records.
He said that budget defences were borne out of the need to ensure transparency and to know how funds appropriated to MDAs at the beginning of every financial year was put to use.
The Chairman, who is also the Chief Whip of the House, said that the committee was not out to witch-hunt anyone, but would not fail in one of it’s primary mandate of oversight to ensure public funds were expended judiciously.
He commended the Office of the Auditor-General in the state and various ministries and agencies for the cooperation given to the committee.
According to him, there has been remarkable improvement in the Auditor-General’s report as at Dec. 2021, compared to previous years.
He said that the committee would work with Auditor-General’s to ensure that areas where there are infractions and deficiencies are worked on and corrected.
Speaking at the event, the State Auditor-General, Mr Adeuya Oluwole, in his contribution, said that his role was to ensure transparency and accountability within the operations of financial management of Ekiti state and timely reporting to the legislature.
He said that his office would not hesitate to query MDAs where there are infractions in their financial records.
The representatives of MDAs present at the audit report consideration all pledged to always follow due process in their financial expenditure to ensure government achieve it’s aim of good governance
In attendance at the event were officials of the Ministry of Education; Education Trust Fund; Accountant General; Ministry of Budget; Housing Corporation and the Central Medical Store.(NAN)
