The Senate Committee on Public Accounts, on Thursday, subjected the Auditor-General of the Federation (AuGF), Shaakaa Chira, to intense questioning over alleged inflation of the staff salary budget for 2025.
It expressed concern that the proposed budgetary allocation for salaries exceeded the number of employees in the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation (OAuGF), raising suspicions of budget padding.
The committee members discovered inconsistencies in the budget when the AuGF appeared before them to defend his office’s allocation in the 2025 Budget.
Budgetary provision for 247 staff generates controversy
During the session, Mr Chira informed the committee that his office had made a provision for 247 staffers in the 2025 fiscal plan.
He explained that a memo had been sent to the Head of Service of the Federation requesting approval for vacancies and that about 100 positions had been approved due to the economic situation.
“We made a budget, a provision of…
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