The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has said that the federal government-ordered audit of all government institutions in the oil and gas sector, as well as the solid minerals resources sector, is programmed to fail. The party noted that the government’s decision to oversee the probe was akin to a man being a judge in his own case.
In a statement issued in Lagos, yesterday, by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said? that the principle of fairness and the doctrine of separation of powers meant that any probe of institutions under the executive arm of government should be carried out by the National Assembly, in line with its oversight functions.
‘’It is therefore the National Assembly, rather than the executive, that should probe this revenue generating agencies in the oil and gas industry, as well as in the solid minerals sector, and we call on the National Assembly to be alive to its responsibilities,’’ it said.
ACN said that while the party did not intend to cast aspersion on any person or organisation, ‘’we are constrained to raise issues concerning the two audit firms that have been named by the federal government to carry out the audit (Sada, Idris & Co for oil and gas, and Haruna, Yahaya & Co for solid.