ABUJA — A total probe of the administration run by immediate past president, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is underway as the National Economic Council, NEC, Ad-hoc Committee on the Management of Excess Crude Account Proceeds and Accruals into the Federation Account, headed by the Governor of Edo State, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, is to hire two international forensic audit firms to probe revenue that accrued into the Federation Account and how it was spent under former Dr Goodluck Jonathan as President.
Mr. Oshiomhole told journalists at the end of the first meeting of the committee in Abuja, yesterday that the auditors would cover the period January 1, 2010 to June 1, 2015. We are all in a hurry to ensure that the right thing is done. The emphasis is not on time but doing thorough job.
“By next week we will meet with the big ones and we will then be able to tell you the audit firms that we have appointed. They are firms I am sure Nigerians will have confidence in.
“At the end of the audit we will hear them out and reconcile them with what the laws says and arrive at a position. Given the volume of work and complicated nature of issues, we agreed we need professionals to carry out the audit. It is only the professionals that can handle it. It is not good to compromise”.
It put paid to calls by the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, that Buhari should extend his probe to the administrations of Jonathan’s predecessors, Alh. Umaru Yar’ Adua.and. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. Already, some revenue generating agencies have been invited to brief the committee which will take detailed briefings from all Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs of the Federal Government that deal directly with revenue.
The focus will be on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, the Nigeria Customs Service, the Central bank of Nigeria, the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, among others.
Other members of the committee included Gov. Nasir Ahmed El-Rufai of Kaduna State, Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe, and Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom.
He said that the committee did not want its actions to be bogged down by political interpretations and that the members were not professionals. Even if they were professionals, he said that their duties as governors would not allow them the time to do a thorough work.
His words, “We held our first primary session today here with some of the revenue generating agencies that are supposed to remit funds to the federation account. We had a successful session with Customs, NPA, NEITI, SEC, FIRS, and quite a number of others and next week we will also hear from CBN, Ministry of Finance, Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation.
For the remaining ones, we agree we are going to meet on Thursday next week, NNPC, NPDC, DPR, NIMASA and other remaining agencies.
We have started the work, with the idea to hear them out, what they have been doing, with particular emphasis on revenue accruing from these organizations and whether or not these have been remitted to the Federation Account for judicious distribution.
His words: “We realised that this is a task and given our mandate, even if we were professional accountants because we are sitting governors, we would not have the time to do a forensic audit which this assignment entails.
“Therefore, we have agreed in line with our mandate to appoint two reputable international audit firms to carry out a thorough forensic audit, not only of NNPC, which is more of excess crude, but other monies that accrued to the Federation Accounts. We have other revenues like bonuses, royalties, taxes, VAT that flow into the Federation Account . http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/03/buharijonathan-saturdays-hard-choice/buhari-jonathan2/
administrations of Jonathan’s predecessors, Alh. Umaru Yar’ Adua.and Chief Olusegun Obasanjo..

Ok

Na wash

Good for him

so, what they'v been doing before is not probing?....anyways,.lets see real professionals report

which soap Klin or Omo

okosodo:
Na wash

Anybody found wanting should be given same jail term those bankers were given yesterday (91 years imprisonment) so others would seat tight and know STEALING is now CORRUPTION

Gbamm

efilefun:
Anybody found wanting should be given same jail term those bankers were given yesterday (91 years imprisonment) so others would seat tight and know STEALING is now CORRUPTION

yes
probe them
anybody found guilty should be Jailed for life

Kirikiri Bordering school In waitx.....

lol.....

Let d probe begins.He who knows he is not guilty should not b jittery of hearing d word PROBE.

Let the probe begin....

Bye bye to radarada

Bye bye to jatijati

Bye bye to regberegbe

Jail is a nice place to be...I just don't know why our politicians are scared of it..A hundred and fifty years for whoever is found guilty.,others will take note. People like GEJ,PEJ,Iweala and Madueke should die by hanging.
#change is here.

People are missing a vital info here...

PMB has placed financial management of Nigeria in Oshiomole's hands, not a NORTHERNER!!!
This either means Oshio baba is either least corrupt or not corrupt and well accountable.

I love OshioBaba
I love PMB
I love Integrity

Ok oh. We dey look.



Web already know that they stole. Aft we need ys to discover how much and God they did it then how long behind bars they should stay

"we will""i will"etc,apc should come up wit something new or better stil kip mute,i mean we r tired of hearing all dis mouth-watering statement(s)...action pls

ope oooo....

Probe dem and project all their secrets to d world..let's all see their CLUELESSNESS