The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee has Questioned the Lagos University Teaching Hospital LUTH Over Extra-Budgetary Spending of  N150.3 Billion Without Approval.

While grilling the Chief Medical Director of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) over alleged non-remittance of internally generated revenue (IGR) discrepancy in Remita payments amounting to over N2 billion, Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee PAC, Hon. Bamidele Salam alongside his colleagues in Lagos state, pledged to ensure all agencies of government comply strictly with budgetary appropriations.

During the investigative hearing, which began on Wednesday, 21st August and will end Friday, 23rd August, 2024, LUTH CMD, Prof. Lanre Adeyemo, who headed his team explained that the hospital is undergoing some challenges that have made its operations very difficult, pointing out that, of all of such, power supply has remained outstanding, putting the cost of powering the hospital at some point at over N181 million monthly until a federal government intervention of 300 solar panels was deployed.

In the same vein, the committee grilled the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Dr. Olugbenga Owoeye on various financial and regulatory infractions. The members queried Owoeye over the recurring non-remittance of the internally generated revenue (IGR).

The committee also demanded that the hospital account for contract sums of N422.3million as well as the spending of N50.3million on staff training. The lawmakers told the CMD that they were not satisfied with his explanation as it fell short of the expectations and it therefore requested for records of all the paid for, completed and on-going contracts.