The House of Representatives Committee on Finance has placed the National Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF ) on status enquiry from 2018 till date, following inconsistencies in its financial records.
The agency’s submissions to the Committee in the ongoing probe to monitorrevenue profiles and remittances by Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government were found to be full of discrepancies.
Managing Director of NSITF, Mrs Maureen Allagoa, appeared before the committee on Tuesday, but delegated the responsibility to make their submission to the Director, Finance and Administration, Adedeji Adegoke.
“In view of the various submissions available to us as a committee and the discrepancy noticeable in all of your submissions, I hereby move that a status enquiry be set to comprehensively the true position of the workings of your agency.
“The status enquiry is from 2018 to date. This means a comprehensive analysis of all their records. Get ready we are coming and can request for any relevant documents anytime. We would not be giving you notice. Reconcile all your records,” Chairman of the Committee, Hon James Faleke ruled after listening to presentations by the agency.
Meanwhile, Chairman of the Fiscal Responsibility Commission, Victor Mururako in a seprate appearnce said they had no record of remittances by the NNPCL which is expected by law.
Represented by Mrs Victoria Adizou-Angakuru, he said, “Ours is just a plea as regards their remittance to the purse of the government, which is the CRF. The Commission has observed that NNPCL has not really been having a good rapport with FRC. They have been meeting other agencies like RMFAC and OAGF to resolve disputes regarding their operating surplus remittances but they have never come to FRC for reconciliation”, adding “our table shows that from 2007 to 2018 we have computed the liabilities against NNPCL.
Chief Financial Officer of the NNPCL, Umar Ajiya, however explained that they had reconciled up to the point that they were no longer a corporation. “As a corporation, we are obligated by law to remit operating surplus and we have evidence that we have remitted all that should be remitted,” he said.
Faleke directed the NNPCL to reconcile its accounts and give feedback by next Wednesday.
