The Senate has threatened to issue warrants of arrest on some ministries department and agencies of government over failure to appear before it and respond to queries by the Auditor General of the Federation. Tribune Online reports that the threat follows the refusal of the agencies of government to honour the invitation of the Senate to respond to the audit queries issued against them. The Senate’s query was extended to the Ministries Department and Agencies (MDA) by the Senate Committee on Public Accounts. Chairman of Senate Committee on public account, Senator Matthew Urhogide said the situation where government agencies fail to appear before the panel has become an ugly pastime by persons charged with government functions in the country. Senator Urhoghide stated that if they continue to defy the committee, the Senate committee will have no option but to invoke section 89 of the Constitution to contain their excesses and serve Nigeria.

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 11, 2020 21:33 UTC