Osun State Auditor-General Kolapo Idris recommends stricter controls on overhead funding for ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) that fail to provide proper financial accountability. He calls for steps to stop overhead support to such MDAs, aiming to improve compliance with financial reporting requirements. The recommendation appears in his report on the state government’s accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2025.
Both outlets describe the auditor-general’s position as part of broader efforts to strengthen fiscal discipline in state institutions. They note that Idris’s findings are tied to shortcomings in how certain MDAs account for funds. The articles focus less on any specific MDA and more on the proposed control mechanism—tightening overhead controls and potentially withholding overhead funding where accountability is inadequate.
While the sources share the same core recommendation, they emphasize it in slightly different wording. One outlet frames the proposal as advocating stricter overhead control generally, while the other highlights the idea of stopping overhead funding for MDAs that do not render accounts, rather than only tightening procedures.
