Reps to probe NECO over alleged illegal virements, budget implementation

By Gift ChapiOdekina, Abuja

The House of Representatives has resolved to analyse the National Examination Council (NECO) implicit alleged irregularities successful its fund implementation, internally generated gross (IGR) utilisation, and imaginable unauthorised virements betwixt 2023 and 2025.

The solution followed the adoption of a question of urgent nationalist value moved by Hon. Amobi Godwin Ogah connected Thursday during plenary.

Presenting the motion, Hon. Ogah noted that nether Sections 88 and 89 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), the National Assembly and its committees person the law powers to summon oregon petition documents from immoderate authorities ministry, agency, oregon parastatal for oversight purposes.

He emphasised that arsenic a revenue-generating agency, NECO has a work to stay transparent and accountable to Nigerians regarding its fiscal operations and remittances to the Federation Account.

Ogah expressed interest that NECO whitethorn person implemented virements without the indispensable legislative approval, describing specified enactment arsenic a imaginable breach of law provisions and an affront to the oversight powers of the House.

According to him, “If NECO has so carried retired virements without the support of the National Assembly, it represents a wide usurpation of the instrumentality and undermines the fiscal accountability mechanisms established by the legislature.”

“Aware that successful carrying retired its mandate effectively, the National Assembly oregon the applicable committee indispensable person entree to the NECO’s budget/IGR show and implementation from 2023 to date. It indispensable besides peruse NECO’s slope statements of relationship from 2023 to date. NECO indispensable besides supply grounds of remittance to the federation relationship for the aforesaid play (2023- to date).

“NECO is allegedly implementing its virement without the required legislative approval. If this is so, it is simply a flagrant usurpation of our constitution and inherent powers of this Honourable House arsenic enshrined successful it.

The lawmaker urged the House to guarantee that the Committee connected Basic Education and Examination Bodies scrutinises NECO’s fund and IGR performance, arsenic good arsenic its slope statements and grounds of remittances to the Federation Account from 2023 to date.

Following deliberations, the House mandated the Committee connected Basic Education and Examination Bodies to analyse the alleged virement implementation and fiscal activities of NECO from 2023 to 2025 and study backmost wrong 3 weeks for further legislative action.

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