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The House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee investigating the power sector reforms and expenditure from 2007 to 2024 has summoned the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), the Budget Office of the Federation, the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Power, and the Office of the Auditor General for evading legislative oversight.
The committee’s Chairman, Ibrahim Almustapha Aliyu, issued the summons during a continued investigative hearing yesterday in Abuja.
The chairman expressed frustration that several government institutions had repeatedly ignored official correspondence and failed to submit documents that are crucial to the probe.
Aliyu said the committee would no longer tolerate what he called “an emerging pattern of avoidance” by agencies that should provide clarity on decades of public spending in the electricity supply industry.
The committee chairman directed the agencies to appear no later than December 8, warning that failure to do so would compel the House to invoke its constitutional powers.He said the committee had written to the agencies multiple times — starting from November 12, with follow-up letters on November 19, and subsequent reminders — yet received no acknowledgment or submission. Nation
