Falana tells AGF to publish monthly allocation to FG, States, LGAs

The Office of the Accountant General of the Federation has been told to publish monthly allocation to the three tiers of governments in the interest of transparency and accountability.

Femi Falana, a human rights activist, gave the advice while speaking on Channels Television on Tuesday, saying allocations to the Federal Government, States and Local Government Councils should be published monthly for Nigerians to know.

Falana insisted that government must be accountable to convince Nigerians what it is doing with the proceeds from the removal of oil subsidy, while asked the media to always demand for allocation to all tiers of government.

He said, “We are demanding that on a monthly basis that the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation be publishing what goes to every tier of government.

“That was the culture in the past. At a stage we were told the government was going to be run in a transparent manner.

“Section 22 of the constitution states that the media should promote transparency and accountability in the government.

“So the media is compelled to demand on a monthly basis what goes to every tier of government and to compare what was being earned before fuel subsidy removal and what is going to the federal government account after the subsidy removal.

“For almost a year, the NNPC did not remit any money to the federal account. But now we are told that they are no longer subsidizing fuel.

“They should tell us what they are making per month. The government said that it would be paying N35,000 wage award to workers every month; but now we are told only some months were paid.”