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  • FG has returned recovered £4.2m Ibori loot to Delta – Accountant General

    FG has returned recovered £4.2m Ibori loot to Delta – Accountant General

    The £4.2m looted by former Governor James Ibori recently repatriated by the Federal Government from the United Kingdom has been returned to Delta, Accountant General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris has confirmed.

    Idris disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday when he appeared before the House of Representatives’ Ad hoc Committee on Assessment and Status of All Recovered Loots Movable and Immovable Assets from 2002 to 2020 by Agencies of the Federal Government of Nigeria for Effective Efficient Management and Utilisation.

    The Accountant-General told the Committee such funds looted from the treasury of a state are always returned to the state.

    He added that states can sue the Federal Government to recover such funds.

    Details shortly…

  • Accountant General assures speedy collection of FG’s revenue

    Accountant General assures speedy collection of FG’s revenue

    The Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmad Idris, has assured that his office will support every process that will facilitate the collections of government revenues without hindrance.

    Mr. Idris, said this while receiving in his office the Postmaster General of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Postal Service, Dr. Ismail Adebayo Adewusi.

    The Accountant General of the Federation promised to support every process that ensures revenue of the government is collected unhindered.

    He assured Adewusi that the office of the Accountant General will create a synergy for mutual cooperation between government sister agencies.

    He also states that NIPOST’s request for the issuance of a Treasury circular to re-enforce the implementation and compliance of the Stamp Duties Act on physical denotation of stamp would be granted.