The National Assembly has passed the Federal Audit Service Bill, which prescribes a five-year jail term to any government accounting officer who prevents the Office of the Auditor General of the Federation from accessing their account books.
The resolution on Wednesday was reached after the Senate concurred with the House of Representatives which had earlier passed the proposed legislation.
During plenary, Senate Leader, Ibrahim Gobir, who led the debate for the concurrence, approved the bill after dissolving to the Committee of the Whole.
