The Senate has called on the Federal Government to from September this year, ensure remittance of 1% from the federation account into the coffers of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, NASENI, in line with the extant laws.
The fortune fell on the NASENI when its Executive Vice Chairman, Professor Mohammed Haruna, made submissions on revenue projections of the agency for the 2021 budget before the Senate’s Joint Committee on Finance and National Planning.
Professor Haruna in his submissions, lamented that the agency had never received 1% remittance from the federation account as provided for by the 2004 National Assembly Act.
The Act according to him, stipulates that the NASENI shall draw from the federation account, 1% revenue accruing to the Federal Treasury beginning from the year 2000 but the agency had never received a kobo from the federation account as stipulated by the law.
Moved by the submission, the joint committee led by Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola (APC Lagos West), ordered the Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, to from September this year, commence the disbursement of 1% allocation from the federation account into the coffers of the NASENI.
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“The Act setting up the NASENI was the Act of the National Assembly and the Accountant General of the Federation could not be allowed to flout the law. Therefore, since the AGF is here, please ensure that the executive starts implementation of the law from September this year because the NASENI has potentials to develop and industrialise the Nigerian economy through the core mandates given to it by the extant laws.”
Editor: Nkoli Omhoudu
