Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal Tuesday stormed the National Assemble without security details. Tambuwal who arrived NASS at about 10:45am in an SUV jeep spotting white agbada and cap to match was accompanied by APC lawmakers who shielded him all through his stay.
The speaker who was in NASS to declare open two public hearings slated for 11am and 12noon respectively later went to his office. The speaker at a one of the public hearing, jointly organised by the House Committees on Public Account and Justice, on a bill to repeal the nation’s Audit Act of 1956 urged financial experts to support an audit act, to facilitate international best practices and assist to eliminate corruption from the financial system.
Tambuwal said that Nigeria must align with modern trend in digital auditing. He said that the extant Audit Act of about 60 years ago did not give the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation the required instrument to fight corruption.
Tambuwal said the new act, when passed into law, would create Audit Service Commission that would enable Office of the Auditor General of the Federation to restructure auditing practice in the country. He said this would subject it to modern trend in digital auditing. He said the public hearing offered financial experts ample opportunity to make inputs in the bill. It would also allow the parliamentarians the platform to gather sufficient information to impact on the overall interest of the bill, the speaker added.
Tambuwal also urged participants to contribute meaningfully by ensuring that all aspects of the bill were thoroughly x-rayed and brought in line with international auditing practice.
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