Civil Society Coalition on Audit in Nigeria (CSCAN) has asked President Bola Tinubu to appoint a substantive Auditor-General of the Federation (AGF).
The coalition, which include BudgIT Foundation, Paradigm Leadership Support Initiative (PLSI), Accountability Lab Nigeria among others, decried the absence of an auditor-general for almost a year.
The executive director of PLSI, Olusegun Elemo, who spoke on behalf of the coalition at a news conference on Friday in Abuja, stated that the absence of an auditor-general was unconstitutional.
The coalition, therefore, urged President Bola Tinubu to instruct the Federal Civil Service Commission to immediately conclude the recruitment process for the auditor-general for the federation.
The immediate past auditor-general, Adolphus Aghughu, retired in September 2022.
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The coalition urged the president to forward the name of the nominee to the Senate for confirmation.
Elomo said: “What is currently happening at the office of the auditor-general for the federation is a clear breach of constitutional provisions.
“Section 86(3) of the constitution is explicit on how the senate should authorize an individual to act in the office of the auditor-general, for not more than six months.
“Unfortunately, the public official leading the office at the moment is not doing so in an acting capacity but as director overseeing — a designation not recognized by the Nigerian constitution.”
Credit: thenationonlineng.net
