Lagos State Home of Meeting, by way of its Public Accounts Committee (State), has formally commenced deliberations on the state’s Auditor-Basic’s report for the 12 months 2024, signalling a renewed dedication to fiscal transparency and accountability throughout the Ministries, Departments and Companies (MDAs).
Chairman of the Committee, Kehinde Olaide Joseph, who declared the graduation of the important oversight perform at a media briefing yesterday, asserted that the train was purely an avenue to strengthen the federal government’s techniques, and never a witch-hunt in opposition to public officers.
Joseph, whereas addressing the media on the Lateef Jakande Complicated, emphasised the legislative arm’s constitutional mandate to supervise the federal government’s actions.
The oversight perform of the Legislative Arm of presidency is essential in guaranteeing that authorities businesses, programmes, and actions are attaining anticipated outcomes, representing good worth for cash, and complying with relevant insurance policies, legal guidelines, rules and moral requirements.
“We’re dedicated to making sure transparency, accountability and probity within the administration of public funds and sources,” he said.
In the meantime, the committee stated it had plans to summon the heads of indicted MDAs to make clear points raised within the Auditor-Basic’s Report.
Joseph burdened that full cooperation and transparency are anticipated from all events.
He additional burdened that the scope of the overview would come with guaranteeing alignment with budgetary allocations, figuring out areas for systemic enchancment, guaranteeing the state strikes ahead in a path that advantages all Lagos residents, stopping mismanagement, in addition to maximising public funding and guaranteeing worth for cash.
The committee chairman, who stated that the train was not a witch-hunt however fairly a possibility to establish areas of weak point and strengthen the techniques to forestall future occurrences, underscored the constructive nature of the overview, including that violations of economic legal guidelines wouldn’t be ignored.
He, nonetheless, expressed profound gratitude to the Speaker, Dr Mudashiru Obasa, for his visionary management and unwavering assist in empowering the committee to hold out its mandate.
