Delta Assembly expresses concern over irregularities in MDAs budgets

The Delta House of Assembly on Wednesday expressed concern over irregularities in the documentations of budget performances of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the state.

The Chairman House Committee on Commerce and Industry, Mr Festus Okoh, made the remark during 2019 budget defence meeting with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in Asaba.

Okoh observed that the figures presented before the committee on personnel expenditure of the ministry were not congruent with that of the state government.

He therefore, stressed the need for the commissioner in charge of the ministry and her team to go back and effect the necessary corrections in the documents earlier presented to the committee.

Earlier, the Commissioner, Mrs Mary Iyasere, had commended the committee for the opportunity provided to the ministry to defend its 2019 budget proposal.

Iyasere agreed that the figures presented were wrong and apologised and promised to effect necessary corrections.

The Executive Secretary, State Micro Credit, Mrs Shimite Bello, who also appeared before the committee, suffered the same fate as the relevant documents for the budget defence were not readily available.

The Chairman of the committee directed the officials to go back and perfect their documents for proper presentation.