The Home of Representatives’ Committee on Primary Examination Our bodies mentioned the West African Examination Council (WAEC) should clarify the way it generated N34 billion in 2023 however spent N40 billion.
The committee additionally gave WAEC a one-week ultimatum to submit all its financial institution statements from 2018 until 2023.
An investigative listening to performed by the Home Committee over the N6 billion deficit the council incurred in 2023 reached these resolutions in Abuja on Tuesday.
The panel additionally grilled the examination physique over a mortgage of N5 billion it obtained in 2022 for the acquisition of customised calculators.
Head of WAEC in Nigeria, Josiah Dangut supplied the case guide of the council to the Committee, but it surely was rejected, insisting that the examination physique should submit its financial institution statements.
A member of the Committee, Hon. Awaji-Inombek Abiante (PDP, Rivers) described WAEC as uncooperative, insisting the physique have to be held accountable.
“WAEC Nigeria was an uncooperative witness on this course of, shielding and denying Nigerians of getting worth for no matter funding the nation has had in that workplace and may undergo this committee in furtherance of this investigation, all of the checking account statements of his workplace,” he mentioned.
Chairman of the committee, Hon. Oboku Oforji questioned how the examination physique may approve a mortgage of as much as N5 billion when even a ministerial board couldn’t approve such quantity.
The committee demanded that WAEC should present the expenditures that amounted to the N6 billion deficits and all correspondence associated to the acquisition of customised calculators.
It mentioned proof of approval for the N5 billion naira mortgage to buy the personalized calculators have to be supplied.
The committee additionally demanded for proof of due course of adopted for the award of the contract in addition to proof of cost, together with vouchers and financial institution information.
Proof of submission of accounts to the Auditor Normal for the Federation from 2018 to 2023 was additionally demanded by the Committee together with profile of the exterior auditor for the company and the engagement letters for the previous three years.
The Committee additionally queried WAEC for allegedly breaching the monetary, public procurement and the monetary rules Acts over the cost of fifty % of the contract for the development of its Taraba State workplace price N532 million.
Dangut pleaded with the lawmakers to present him one other date to allow him current the assertion of account and different paperwork demanded.
He additionally defined that he needed to pay 50 % of the Taraba workplace contract sum to keep away from the astronomical rise on the inflationary development within the nation.
The Chairman of the Committee clarified that the committee was not out to witch-hunting, however fulfil its constitutional obligations as outlined within the structure.
“Each the legislative home and WAEC are certain by the Structure. As such, the committee expects full cooperation from WAEC, together with the well timed provision of all crucial paperwork to expedite our inquiry and report,” Oforji mentioned.
