he House of Representatives, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to give marching order to all his Ministers and heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to appear before relevant Standing Committees to defend the submissions on the 2024-2026 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP).
Chairman of the House Committee on Finance, Hon. James Abiodun Faleke, gave the charge on Thursday after a 24-hour ultimatum to Director General of Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Mr. Joseph Ari.
He said: “The House at plenary referred MTEF to us and in compliance with the laws we wrote letters to all the Agencies to appear before us to defend their submissions.
“Unfortunately it is clear that these agencies are ignoring or have ignored our invitations.
“And the House must pass this MTEF before the budget is laid. So, we want to make it clear that any delay arising for the passage of MTEF is surely not the fault of the national assembly.
“And so, we appeal to the President to direct all his ministers and agencies to appear before us unfailingly.”
Earlier, members of the Committee had unanimously resolved to step down the engagement of some Directors delegated to represent the ITF boss.
