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Un-remitted Funds -finance Minister Issues Tough Fiscal Guidelines To Agencies. by realjoker(m): 12:16am On Dec 12, 2015 |
Finance Minister Adeosun issues tough fiscal guidelines to agencies, vows sanctions to defaulters December 11, 2015Bassey Udo Nigeria’s finance minister, Kemi Adeosun, has issued a new set of guidelines to compel federal government offices remit monies they generate, accompanying the stringent rules with the threat of sanctions to defaulters. Henceforth, the minister said, all self-funded federal agencies are to limit their annual expenditures from their internally generated revenues to not more than 75 per cent of their total gross revenue, while fully funded agencies must remit all monies they generate to the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is the federal government’s central account. The move is aimed at recouping billions of naira wasted annually by hundreds of government agencies who generate revenues, but fail to pay same to the government, despite having all their administrative costs covered for by the federal budget. Such agencies do not account to the government regardless of how much they generate, in violation of the Fiscal Responsibility Act, 2007. The Act stipulates that revenue-generating establishments pay up to 80 per cent of their operating surplus into the government coffers. In past years, impunity reigned as ministries, departments and agencies refused to comply even as government’s revenue declined. The Fiscal Responsibility Commission, set up under the 2007 Act, had always complained that key government agencies brazenly spent the billions they generated each year. In 2014, the head of the commission’s Legal, Investigations & Enforcement Directorate, Charles Abana, told PREMIUM TIMES that some of the biggest violators of the law include the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Securities and Exchange Commission SEC, and Nigerian Port Authority, NPA. Others include the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control NAFDAC, Joint Admissions & Matriculation Board (JAMB), Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC, and National Examinations Council, NECO. Mr. Abana said these agencies adopt various “creative accounting practice schemes”, by either providing false information on revenue generated, or how much was due to government every year. He said the fraud was so extensive that each year these agencies deliberately provide contradictory financial statements and information to different supervisory or regulatory authorities, namely Finance ministry, Accountant General’s office, and the FRC, to mislead them. A new accounting guideline announced Friday by the finance minister, Mrs. Adeosun, seeks to curb the practice. Mrs. Adeosun said in a statement that records have shown “very poor compliance with the provisions of the Fiscal Responsibility Act”. “Some agencies have never credited the Consolidated Revenue Fund, despite having salary, capital and overhead financed by the Federal Government. Indeed, cost to income rates of 99.8% have been the average, meaning that they spend all their internally generated revenue and subventions released to them,” she said. Such practices, the minister pointed out, were not sustainable under any economic circumstance. She said the current serious economic challenges Nigeria faces can no longer tolerate those practices. Under the new rules book, boards and agencies of government currently operating outside the budgetary controls are directed to strictly comply with the law by ensuring all revenues and 80 per cent of their operating surpluses are credited to the consolidated revenue fund.The minister said henceforth revenues generated by all MDAs must be reported on a gross basis prior to any deductions.She directed all self-funded federal agencies to limit their annual expenditures from their internally generated revenues, IGRs, to not more than 75 per cent of their total gross revenue, while fully funded agencies must remit all their IGR to the CRF.To ensure continual monitoring, all MDAs funded through the annual budget must submit monthly Expenditure Transcripts and Revenue Returns, to the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF), while other agencies must prepare and submit quarterly management accounts, including Revenue Returns to the OAGF.The minister reminded all MDAs that in line with Financial Regulations 107, the AGF shall carry out routine revenue monitoring and inspection visits to the MDAs to verify compliance with the new guidelines.She vowed sanctions for any Accounting Officer/Chief Executive Officer of MDAs who defaults in remitting the revenues as appropriate.“Renewal of the tenure of appointment of Accounting Officers/Chief Executive Officers shall be tied to their compliance with the content the new guidelines,” the minister said. http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/195000-%e2%80%8bfinance-minister-adeosun-issues-tough-fiscal-guidelines-to-agencies-vows-sanctions-to-defaulters.html 1 Like
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Re: Un-remitted Funds -finance Minister Issues Tough Fiscal Guidelines To Agencies. by Nobody: 4:24am On Dec 12, 2015 |
Incompetent lady....Watch her resign |
Re: Un-remitted Funds -finance Minister Issues Tough Fiscal Guidelines To Agencies. by PassingShot(m): 4:36am On Dec 12, 2015 |
BADNEAT:Very competent lady. Being heavyweight on paper does not guarantee good performance as we've seen with Madam Gele alias Puff Puff cheeks. 4 Likes |
Re: Un-remitted Funds -finance Minister Issues Tough Fiscal Guidelines To Agencies. by Nobody: 4:43am On Dec 12, 2015 |
PassingShot:ok sir time will tell...you'll get to appreciate the power of paper when it comes to the economy...just soon 1 Like |
Re: Un-remitted Funds -finance Minister Issues Tough Fiscal Guidelines To Agencies. by Ovamboland(m): 5:04am On Dec 12, 2015 |
So all this nonsense financial accounting system was still in place and one past leader said he has used technology to separate the nyam from ewu. And his mumu supporters were parroting the theory without any clear cut information like the OP how this is done. I no mention any name o! 1 Like |
Re: Un-remitted Funds -finance Minister Issues Tough Fiscal Guidelines To Agencies. by seunmsg(m): 5:08am On Dec 12, 2015 |
BADNEAT: What do you know about competency? If the former finance minister was competent enough, she would have introduced all these measures a long time ago to block the loopholes draining the revenue of the federal government. Instead, she was busy sharing blood money to Dasuki and his gang of thieves. 3 Likes |
Re: Un-remitted Funds -finance Minister Issues Tough Fiscal Guidelines To Agencies. by mazeltov(m): 5:14am On Dec 12, 2015 |
PassingShot:Aunty Ngozi is incompetent to the extent that the money meant to be used to develop social welfare and infrastructure was used for arms purchase 1 Like |
Re: Un-remitted Funds -finance Minister Issues Tough Fiscal Guidelines To Agencies. by chiscodedon(m): 5:19am On Dec 12, 2015 |
good move |
Re: Un-remitted Funds -finance Minister Issues Tough Fiscal Guidelines To Agencies. by seunmsg(m): 5:57am On Dec 12, 2015 |
mazeltov: Which arms are we talking about here? The spiritual arms supplied by Bafarawa or the propaganda arms supplied by Dokpesi? 1 Like |
Re: Un-remitted Funds -finance Minister Issues Tough Fiscal Guidelines To Agencies. by ademega(m): 6:48am On Dec 12, 2015 |
thanks madam. u will shame haters later 1 Like |
Re: Un-remitted Funds -finance Minister Issues Tough Fiscal Guidelines To Agencies. by eyesofgod: 8:23am On Dec 12, 2015 |
seunmsg: All of the above. |
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