mapet:


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mapet:


OMG! here we go again with comprehension deficit.
@seunmsg, before you go too far with your misguided interpretation of the constitution, note the following

1. Where is the report was it stated that what the Auditor General was presenting was the receipt of the Accountant-General's financial statements
2. Who told you the President cannot summon the Auditor General for a strategic meeting or presentation requiring his presence?

seunmsg:



The constitution is very clear on where the report of the Auditor General goes to. The report of any audit assignment carried out by the Auditor General goes to the National Assembly. Doing anything contrary amounts to breaching the independence of the Auditor General as enshrined in the constitution. The AuGF audits the president, ministers and anybody entrusted with public funds. And by so doing, he cannot be answerable to the same person/body that he audits. In fact, the idea is for the AuGF to report directly to the Nigerian people. That is why he reports to members of the National assembly who are the representatives of the Nigerian people.

I never claimed that the president cannot consult with the AuGF. The president can consult with the AuGF but he cannot receive the report of his audit assignments. Only the National assembly can receive it.

You are very right that the part of the constitution that I quoted gives credence to the independence of the Auditor General. In fact, that is the essence of presenting the Audited report to the National assembly and not the president. You will see that the constitution even provided clearly that the public accounts committee of the National assembly should be saddled with reviewing the reports. That is why the PAC is always headed by a member from the opposition party to that of the president.

delvinmaya:
@seunmsg, u made me download the constitution to check if you were right. Question though is this, des an environmental audit equate a financial audit?

seunmsg:


There is no distinction in the constitution between environmental or financial audit. The report of any audit assignment carried out by the AuGF goes to the National assembly. It is as simple as that.

owobokiri:


You cant blame the man.. He is running a 1984 government in the year of our lord 2015 and will continuously need "interpretations" to understand whats going on.... The fact that he wasted over 5 months to appoint Fashola and Amechi ministers only illustrates the monumental confusion that pervades officialdom under this mans watch.. He acts as if he knows what he is doing but the fact is that he is actually shallow/petty minded while lacking the intellectual base to run a modern economy..

Adminisher:


SILLY post.
We finally have a president who knows his job, knows his own mind and has a point of view. Contrast with Dr Clueless who will nod his head and ask.."where do I sign?"

Adminisher:


SILLY post.
We finally have a president who knows his job, knows his own mind and has a point of view. Contrast with Dr Clueless who will nod his head and ask.."where do I sign?"

Mee234:

.............and you're one of those who are [b]porperly[/b]educated Your school should disown you.

owobokiri:


You cant blame the man.. He is running a 1984 government in the year of our lord 2015 and will continuously need "interpretations" to understand whats going on.... The fact that he wasted over 5 months to appoint Fashola and Amechi ministers only illustrates the monumental confusion that pervades officialdom under this mans watch.. He acts as if he knows what he is doing but the fact is that he is actually shallow/petty minded while lacking the intellectual base to run a modern economy..

seunmsg:



1. You need to read section 85(1-5) to understand better. The Auditor Generals report is not limited to his report on the Accountant Generals Annual statement. It also covers all the audit reports of the audit assignments undertaking under section 85.

2. The president can summon or invite the AuGF for a strategic meeting. However, he cannot receive his report or ORDER him on how to carry out his constitutional audit assignments.

mapet:


...Ok this is the "depth" of it.......

Adminisher:


SILLY post.
We finally have a president who knows his job, knows his own mind and has a point of view. Contrast with Dr Clueless who will nod his head and ask.."where do I sign?"

owobokiri:


You cant blame the man.. He is running a 1984 government in the year of our lord 2015 and will continuously need "interpretations" to understand whats going on.... The fact that he wasted over 5 months to appoint Fashola and Amechi ministers only illustrates the monumental confusion that pervades officialdom under this mans watch.. He acts as if he knows what he is doing but the fact is that he is actually shallow/petty minded while lacking the intellectual base to run a modern economy..

chrisblack:
Some of you guys are just perfect examples of disoriented Spokespersons of a loosing party.I will rather refer to you guys as inept. For the first time in a very long time we are seeing a president that understands his job description. Who is asking the right questions,unlike the previous who was always being mesmerized by his subordinates. Who were busy giving him fake statistics on how the economy grew without power,fuel scarcity,bad transportation, insecurity,poverty.They even sold the dummy to him telling him over 70% of the rice Nigerians are eating was local rice.We should be happy we are having a president that is asking questions on how money was spent for the same stuff while the auditor general who was suppose to be aware his saying he doesn't. Some of you will just come and say rubbish all because of your ethnic and religious delusions. Wakeup he is the president.and nothing you can do till 2019.All your ethnic oriented myopic brains needs retooling.

Gboliwe:


Read again, try and make sense of it before rushing to show your ignorance. For starters, it's the Auditor General and NOT Accountant General we are talking about. These two are clearly different.

TonyeBarcanista:

But he found his way into the presidential chamber invited.

ALISMILE:
Permission tto copy ur perfect post to send to all d dummies that ve dominated NL to correct their ethnic oriented myopic brains!

seunmsg:


I don't know if he was invited or not. But the constitution is very clear that all his audit report should go to the National assembly. Beside, the Auditor General does not take direction or orders from anyone.


Section 85 (5) The Auditor-General shall, within ninety days of receipt of the Accountant-General's financial statement, submit his reports under this section to each House of the National Assembly and each House shall cause the reports to be considered by a committee of the House of the National Assembly responsible for public accounts. (6) In the exercise of his functions under this Constitution, the Auditor-General shall not be subject to the direction or control of any other authority.

Abbeyme:
How can Auditor-General of the Federation say some spendings are outside of its accounting scope and scrutiny ...

That is irresponsibility...

seunmsg:





"While the president noted that the report did not take into account the feasibility study conducted by a team under the tenure of former President Olusegun Obasabjo which cost Nigeria $5 million, the AGF insisted that that was outside his supervision, saying that Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) has that responsibility.

But the president insisted that the AGF should give relevant explanations of the omission"



So, who authored the report?

seunmsg:
Something is fundamentally wrong with this news. The Auditor General does not report to the president, so, why is he presenting the report of the environmental impact audit of Lake Chad basin to PMB? The report should form a part of his annual report to the National assembly for consideration by the public accounts committee.

chrisblack:
Some of you guys are just perfect examples of disoriented Spokespersons of a loosing party.I will rather refer to you guys as inept. For the first time in a very long time we are seeing a president that understands his job description. Who is asking the right questions,unlike the previous who was always being mesmerized by his subordinates. Who were busy giving him fake statistics on how the economy grew without power,fuel scarcity,bad transportation, insecurity,poverty.They even sold the dummy to him telling him over 70% of the rice Nigerians are eating was local rice.We should be happy we are having a president that is asking questions on how money was spent for the same stuff while the auditor general who was suppose to be aware his saying he doesn't. Some of you will just come and say rubbish all because of your ethnic and religious delusions. Wakeup he is the president.and nothing you can do till 2019.All your ethnic oriented myopic brains needs retooling.

owobokiri:


You cant blame the man.. He is running a 1984 government in the year of our lord 2015 and will continuously need "interpretations" to understand whats going on.... The fact that he wasted over 5 months to appoint Fashola and Amechi ministers only illustrates the monumental confusion that pervades officialdom under this mans watch.. He acts as if he knows what he is doing but the fact is that he is actually shallow/petty minded while lacking the intellectual base to run a modern economy..

Truckpusher:
Lots of those reports as part of Nigeria's pledge in combatting global house warming now goes to the President for urgent consideration and action.

Truth is that Buhari didn't read his handover note properly.As a president you're suppose to be abreast with the day to day national concerns on a matter of such magnitude and not chasing oppositions up and down over nothing.
Buhari, will run Nigeria like a crippled man's farmland.

Truckpusher:
Lots of those reports as part of Nigeria's pledge in combatting global house warming now goes to the President for urgent consideration and action.

Truth is that Buhari didn't read his handover note properly.As a president you're suppose to be abreast with the day to day national concerns on a matter of such magnitude and not chasing oppositions up and down over nothing.
Buhari, will run Nigeria like a crippled man's farmland.

InvertedHammer:

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A mangled handover that is.

You believe that GEJ's team recovering from a lost election will give a hand over note without rigging it with booby traps for Buhari to fail.

SMH.

Let the house cleaning continue....
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