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The Nigerian Senate has suspended the 2025 budget defence for the Office of the Auditor-General for the Federation (OAGF) due to irregularities and lack of preparedness on the part of Shaakaa Chira, the Auditor-General, and his team.
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The suspension may result in a zero allocation for the OAGF as the Senate had set Wednesday, January 22, 2025, as the deadline for budget defence submissions to allow the Appropriation Committee to consolidate reports from various Committees.
Ahmed Wadada, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Accounts, halted the proceedings, citing discrepancies in the documents presented and the Auditor-General’s inability to provide satisfactory answers regarding the 2024 budget performance.
Wadada said, “There were clear lapses in the documents provided.
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