Lagos Assembly vows to sanction erring MDAs

As the Lagos State House of Assembly embarks
on Y2012 consideration exercise of the Auditor
General’s Report of Ministries, Departments
and Agencies (MDAs), it has vowed to do a
thorough work and sanction any government
agency found culpable.
The Chairman, House Committee on Public
Accounts, Bolaji Yusuf Ayinla, said this over the
weekend at the Assembly Complex in Ikeja.
“We are trying to let them (MDAs) know that a
proper retirement has to be done, because the
financial rules and regulations of Section 603
says all invoices and receipts must be attached
to the vouchers.
“We believe this time around, no one should be
found wanting if they follow the Auditor
General’s report of 2011. They are trying to
comply with what we stipulated unlike the past
reports,” Ayinla said.
He explained that the committee would later
give a detailed report on the floor of the
House. He said, “We will submit the report,
debate it extensively in the House before it
becomes our resolution.”