The Senate on Thursday launched a blistering attack on the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Dr. Shamsedeen Ogunjimi, over zero capital allocations to several Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the 2025 budget and mounting complaints of unpaid contractors across the country.
At an explosive budget defence session of the Senate Committee on Finance, lawmakers accused the Office of the Accountant-General of frustrating budget implementation, presiding over a controversial Centralised Payment System, and failing to explain how N28 trillion reportedly generated by revenue agencies has not translated into capital releases.
From the opening remarks of the Committee Chairman, Senator Sani Musa (Niger East), it was clear the AGF was in for a tough day.
