The House of Representative has issued a 7-day ultimatum to the programme coordinator of the HydroCarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HyPREP) to appear over N400billion in the 2021 and 2024 audit report from the Office of the Auditor General of the Federation.
The Public Accounts Committee of the House issued the summon following the adoption of a resolution to that effect at a public hearing of the committee on Tuesday.
Speaking at the hearing, chairman the committee, Bamidele Salam, noted that the ultimatum serves as the final warning after HyPREP failed to appear, despite four different invitations.
He said, “Failure to appear before the committee by Monday 12th October, 2026, the House will be compelled to invoke its power and compel appearance by the accounting officer of the agency.”
The committee has also invited the chairman, Board of Trustees of the Ogoni Remediation Trust Fund.
The audited reports presented before the committee said it failed to submit its audited account to the Office of the Auditor General from 2017 to 2021.
