Femi Falana Gives Auditor General 7 days To Publish Findings On NNPC's Account

Lagos lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, yesterday,
urged the  Auditor General of the Federation, AGF,
to publish the periodic checks of the accounts of the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC,
carried out by his staff to shed more light on the
alleged missing money.
In a response to the letter written to him from the
office of the AGF on his earlier request, Falana gave
him seven days to provide the information, else he
would initiate legal proceedings to compel him to
carry out his constitutional duties.
In his new letter, Falana challenged the AGF to
provide the information in view of the binding duty
on the Federal Government to promote
transparency and accountability, promising that  he
was ready to apply for the certified true copy of the
report if AGF’s office was not inclined to make the
report public.
The lawyer, had on February 7, 2014, in the wake of
the allegation by suspended Governor of the Cental
Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi’s
allegation that about $49.6 billion oil money was
missing from the federation account, requested for
information on the missing money under the
freedom of Information Act and audit of the
federation account by the AGF.
The Office of the Auditor General of the Federation,
OAuGF, in its response to Falana’s request, said
that some ethics and professional threats are
working against its capability to carry out the audit
of NNPC’s accounts.