‘Why AGF rejected 2007 audited account of EFCC’

Posted by admin EFCC Politics Monday, October 31st, 2011

THE office of the Auditor-General of the Federation (AGF) rejected the 2007 audited account submitted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in 2009 because it lacked the mandatory domestic report.

This was made known at a news conference in Abuja, on Sunday, by the Director, Extra-Ministerial Affairs at the AGF’s office, Mr Hyacinth Obilor.

“In 2009, EFCC submitted the 2007 audited account without the domestic report and it was rejected.

“That was the only attempt they’ve made to submit to the Office of the Auditor-General since inception,” Obilor said.

He also told newsmen that newspaper reports stating that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) did not submit up-to-date audited accounts to the AGF’s office were misleading.

“The Auditor-General of the Federation did not at anytime allege that the NNPC did not submit audited accounts to his office.

“This office does not know the source of information that elicited the embarrassing reactions and publication in the national newspapers by the corporation without official verification from the office of the Auditor-General of the Federation.

“Therefore, this office demands a retrieval of the said publication, to put the issue at stake in its right perspective,” he added.

Obilor also said the office had no plan to assault the credibility of the National Assembly, while he appealed to stakeholders to submit their audited accounts when due.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that the NNPC had, on October 18, in a statement signed by Dr Levi Ajuonuma, the Group General Manager, Public Affairs Department, said its accounts had been audited contrary to perceptions in some quarters.

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