The Auditor General of the Federation, Mr. Aghughu Arhotomhenia, has been invited by the Senate Committee on Finance to appear before it next week Tuesday.
The invitation was sequel to revelation before the committee by the Comptroller General of Immigration, Mr. Mohammed Babandede. The Immigration boss further told the committee led by Senator representing Lagos West, Solomon Adeola Olamilekan, that the revenue generating operations of the agency are under a public -private partnership (PPP) arrangement that he inherited with a sharing formula agreement that cannot be readily renegotiated or cancelled in the foreseeable future, leaving the agency to remit only about 20 percent of revenue generated to the Federal Government.
Senator Adeola further directed the Immigration boss to furnish the committee with a comprehensive account of its revenue and the sharing specifics as well as details of the partners in the PPP deal as the committee intends to interact with the NIS partners.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance said with the experience of Nigeria on PPP arrangement on the issue of passport and other immigration documents, there is need for the National Assembly to come up with legislation to guide and regulate such partnerships as the present ad-hoc systems short- changies the Federal Government.