Covid-19 Funds: Reps Summon AGF, Threaten Warrant Of Arrest

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Account (PAC) has threatened to issue a warrant of arrest on the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF) Mr Ahmed Idris.

The Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Wole Oke (PDP-Osun), issued the threat on Monday in Abuja over the failure of the AGF to appear before the committee to defend the amount spent on COVID-19 pandemic response before an investigative hearing. on funds so far spent on the pandemic.

Rep.Oke said that if the Accountant-General failed to appear on June 15, the committee would invoke the relevant sections of the Constitution for his arrest.

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“The accountant general should not disrespect the parliament; he should stop disrespecting the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“The best the President can do for him is to appoint him as chief accountant; he must appear here on June 15 or we shall do the needful, we shall issue a warrant of arrest on him.

“We have asked him many times to appear and defend financial issues arising from the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation but he is running away,’’ he said.