I will protect treasury from external influence – Ogunjimi

The newly appointed Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Shamseldeen Ogunjimi, has vowed to maintain independence from undue influence and external influence within and outside the treasury house. Ogunjimi made the disclosure in Abuja on Monday after taking over office following the retirement of Oluwatoyin Madein. He said, “I’ve been a victim of a […]

The newly appointed Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Shamseldeen Ogunjimi, has vowed to maintain independence from undue influence and external influence within and outside the treasury house.

Ogunjimi made the disclosure in Abuja on Monday after taking over office following the retirement of Oluwatoyin Madein.

He said, “I’ve been a victim of a chief executive calling the accountant general to say, I don’t like this Director of Finance and Admin (DFA), I don’t like this director. Please remove him. I’m not going to follow that path.”

He assured directors deployed to Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) that he would provide fair hearings.

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“I will give everybody that open hearing. If anybody comes to me, I’m going to call the director-in-charge. Tell your own story or whatever you know about it. Then we’ll now decide whether it’s worth it,” he said.

While addressing staff, he called for a unified approach within the treasury, noting that, “We are one single family. I want that spirit to be in everybody, whether you are a treasury officer or you are a support staff, we need the spirit of togetherness and oneness. Treasury is one. The task ahead is enormous. We can’t be fighting ourselves and we must achieve.”