{"id":61149,"date":"2025-02-13T11:49:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T11:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=61149"},"modified":"2025-02-13T11:49:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T11:49:47","slug":"union-legal-practitioner-pressure-wike-to-appoint-auditor-general-for-fct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/02\/13\/union-legal-practitioner-pressure-wike-to-appoint-auditor-general-for-fct\/","title":{"rendered":"Union, Legal Practitioner Pressure Wike to Appoint Auditor-General for FCT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Alexis Uchendu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief Nyesom Wike, is under growing pressure from both the Auditor-General\u2019s Office Union and a legal luminary, Jacob Udobang, over the appointment of Mr. Abdullahi Ibn Salihu as Director of Accounts and Acting Head of the Office of the Auditor-General for FCT Area Councils.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a strongly worded petition, the Union described the appointment as a violation of constitutional provisions, arguing that assigning an auditee to oversee audit operations compromises the Office\u2019s independence and integrity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They further decried the exclusion of competent internal staff from promotion, calling for a reversal of the appointment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Backing the Union\u2019s stance, the legal practitioner, Udobang, in a letter to Wike, warned that the failure to appoint a substantive Auditor-General for the FCT, breaches civil service laws and weakens financial accountability.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He urged the Wike to restore due process and ensure fair promotions within the Office.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Amid rising concerns, stakeholders are also calling for the reintroduction of the Audit Bill, which was passed by the 9th Assembly but not assented to, as a means to secure the autonomy of the Auditor-General\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The controversy continues to build as expectations mount on Wike to act swiftly in addressing the concerns and safeguarding the Office\u2019s credibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexis Uchendu The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief Nyesom Wike, is under growing pressure from both the Auditor-General\u2019s Office Union and a legal luminary, Jacob Udobang, over the appointment of Mr. Abdullahi Ibn Salihu as Director of Accounts and Acting Head of the Office of the Auditor-General for FCT Area Councils. &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":61150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-61149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61151,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61149\/revisions\/61151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}