The Accountant-General of the
The Accountant-General of
the Federation, Ahmed Idris FCNA, has tasked the Nigerian Law
School to endeavor to contribute part of their Internally Generated
Revenue to the national purse.
Idris gave the charge
when a delegation from the Nigerian Law School, led by the
Director-General, Prof. Isa Hayatu Chiroma visited him in
Abuja.
The Accountant-General
said the national purse from where government funds its Ministries,
Departments and Agencies (MDAs), is a pool of contributions from
various sources, thus the Nigerian Law School should be able to
contribute its own quota, no matter how meager.
“From the revenue the
Nigerian Law School is generating, are you contributing to the
national purse? When talking about internally generated revenue,
the little you contribute will help increase government revenue.
The Nigerian Law School should contribute in its modest way by
giving something back. The institution raises revenue, so something
should be given back”, Idris said.
Responding to requests by
the delegation, the Accountant-General assured that his office will
support the institution to get the issues resolved as soon as
possible. Idris said the request for increased funding,
capturing of the institution’s staff into the IPPIS platform and
release of pending funds will be looked into and
resolved.
He commended the
delegation for the visit, which he said was the first by the
management of the institution, adding that this will cement the
relationship between the institution and the Office of the
Accountant-General of the Federation.
Earlier, the leader of
the delegation and Director-General of the Nigerian Law School,
Prof. Isa Hayatu Chiroma, had informed the Accountant-General of
the Federation that the delegation was in his office to intimate
him of the challenges facing the institution and seek his
assistance to resolve them.
Prof Chiroma had, among
other things, requested for increased funding of the institution
and integration of six staff recently employed by the institution
into the IPPIS platform.