
The House of Representatives says it is determined to ensure adequate oversight of all appropriated funds for the implementation of SDG programmes in all ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs)
The Chairman of the House Committee on SDG, Rotimi Agunsoye made this known in a statement made available to Newsmen in Abuja.
He said”adequate correspondence from the House committee on Appropriation will further ascertain fund release in order to guide our oversight activities”

Rep. Agunsoye said the clarification became imperative to avoid misrepresentation of the earlier correspondence between the National Assembly Committees on SDGs and Finance Ministry of any financial indictment on the person and office of the OSSAP-SDGs.
He said “the attention of the House Committee on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been drawn to a publication by The Nation Newspaper, with the headline ” 2020 Budget: Row over N33b SDGs’ vote” stating that the sum of N33 billion was included in the allocation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the 2020 Budget without details being provided to the National Assembly with direction that the Ministry of Finance should stop release of allocation to the SDGs office”
“In setting the records straight, The House Committee on SDGs hereby state that a correspondence was sent to the Finance Ministry in respect to the subject matter, upon which clarification was sought from the SDGs office without any indictment on the person or the office of the SSA-SDGs, indicating misappropriation of the 2020 budgetary allocation of her office”
“The House Committee on SDGs got records from the OSSAP-SDGs and Appropriation committee which shows the said additional 33 billion was not appropriated for SDGs office among provisions of the 2020 budget earlier assented by Mr. President upon which we all know the prevalence of Covid-19 distorted implementation of entire 2020 budget”
Rep.Agunsoye while responding to recent official correspondence from both Senate and House SDGs committees wants the finance ministry to release the budget provisions of OSSAP-SDGs so as to enable our committee to oversight accordingly.
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