The Senate directed Inspector-General of Police Kayode Egbetokun to ensure that within 24 hours, the Registrar-General of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Ishaq Hussain Magaji (SAN), attends before the Senate.
This decision was made in Abuja during an interactive session with government agencies.
Senator Sani Musa (APC, Niger East), the Chairman of the Senate Committee, emphasized the necessity of police intervention as the CAC Registrar had ignored the Committee’s invitation for the third time.
The Committee expected the CAC Registrar to appear and explain discrepancies found in the Commission’s 2024 budget submission, but the absence of adequate clarification led to the directive for the Inspector-General of Police to step in.
Despite confirmation of several invitation letters by the Clerk of the Senate Committee on Finance, the four senior officials of the CAC failed to provide reasons for the Registrar’s absence.
An angry Musa said: “With all sense of humility, the Corporate Affairs Registrar-General has disregarded this Committee.
“Distinguished colleagues, the Corporate Affairs Commission was present when we treated MTEF/FSP and the Director of Finance was here.
“We saw discrepancies and we told you to go and come back.
“You have your bookkeepers, you have your records and we asked you to go and tidy up and report back. But you never did.
“I have cause to tell the Secretariat to send you a letter, you appear here. When you came, you said the Registrar-General just felt ill. I excused you expecting you are going to come back with the documents.
“You know what the financial regulation of this country is. I had cause to tell the Committee Secretariat to write you again and you are without the CAN Registrar.
“You are the custodian of finances of the Corporate Affairs Commission and there are discrepancies.
“How many entities are registered in this country? How many? How much were you reporting there and you are taking us with levity?
“I am invoking Section 89(2) mandating the Inspector General of Police to compel the appearance of the Registrar General of the Corporate Affairs Commission before the Senate Committee on Finance within 24 hours.”
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