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₦284.3 billion extra-budgetary spending by 256 MDAs

Status
No final report
Assembly
House of Representatives
Opened
16 February 2024
Assembly term
10th National Assembly (2023–2027)
Committee
Committee on Public Accounts
Sum at issue
₦284.3 billion
Subject
Spending and misuse of funds
Without a report for
999 days

At the presentation of the 2020 audit report of the Federation by the Auditor-General, Shaakaa Kanyitor Chira, the House Public Accounts Committee, chaired by Bamidele Salam, directed 256 ministries, departments and agencies that exceeded their approved overhead by ₦284.3 billion in 2020 to appear and explain the unappropriated spending, and asked the Accountant-General, Oluwatoyin Madein, to supply the list of the agencies.

What the record shows

  • 16 February 2024
    Probe opened.
  • As of 11 November 2026
    No final report of this probe has been found on the public record.

Opened more than 120 days ago, and no final report of the committee has been found on the public record. Interim reports and hearings are shown where known. Know of a report, hearing or outcome missing here? Send a correction.