Jigawa Assembly uncovers gaps in state, LG spending

The Jigawa State House of Assembly has adopted the study of its Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which uncovered gaps successful the absorption of authorities and section authorities expenditures betwixt 2019 and 2024.

The study was adopted during plenary presided implicit by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Haruna Aliyu Dangyatin.

Chairman of PAC and Deputy Speaker, Hon. Sani Isyaku Abubakar, presented the findings successful enactment with Sections 125 and 128 of the 1999 Constitution.

He said the committee’s reappraisal of reports submitted by the State Auditor-General and the Auditor-General for Local Governments revealed respective irregularities successful nationalist spending implicit the five-year period.

According to him, the committee identified alleged overpayments, unaccounted expenditures, non-compliance with procurement laws, mediocre grounds keeping, arsenic good arsenic fictitious and unauthorised payments.

The study besides highlighted inadequate retention facilities for authoritative records and deficiency of grooming for immoderate nationalist concern officers, peculiarly astatine the section authorities level.

To code the lapses, the committee recommended the betterment of diverted and unaccounted funds done owed process, with specified monies returned to the nationalist treasury. It besides called for sanctions ...