House of Representatives Committee on Public accounts has commenced investigation of 115 ministries, departments, and agencies that spend over 600 billion Naira outside their approved budgets on salaries and allowances.
Office of the Auditor General for the Federation, who issued a query on the illegal expenditure, explains that the amount was spent between 2018 and 2022.
He advised the office of the Accountant General of the federation to investigate the sources of the expenditures and reasons for non-compliance with financial regulations.