The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee has issued a seven-day final summons to officials of the six Federal Capital Territory Area Councils over outstanding audit queries involving about N100 billion.

The committee took the decision after the chairmen of the six councils again failed to appear before it or send representatives to respond to questions arising from the Auditor-General’s reports. The affected councils are Abaji, Abuja Municipal Area Council, Bwari, Gwagwalada, Kuje and Kwali.

The officials now summoned are the Directors of Personnel Management and Finance, as well as Heads of Audit of the six councils. They have been directed to appear before the committee on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, with the committee warning that failure to comply could attract sanctions under the relevant service rules.

The audit queries include findings from the Annual Audit Report of the Auditor-General for the six FCT Area Councils for the year ended December 31, 2021. According to the report, the councils had outstanding liabilities of about N7.65 billion, covering unremitted pension deductions, PAYE, VAT and withholding taxes, as well as unpaid obligations to contractors.

The report also raised concerns about the management of fixed assets. Gwagwalada Area Council, for instance, was cited over non-current assets valued at N336 million whose records, according to the Auditor-General, were not properly maintained and updated. The report warned that inadequate record-keeping could make it difficult to trace assets if they were lost.

The committee is further seeking explanations and supporting documents concerning N24.87 billion spent by the six councils on personnel, overheads and capital expenditure in 2021. AMAC accounted for N5.03 billion, Gwagwalada N4.66 billion, Kuje N3.85 billion, Kwali N3.84 billion, Bwari N3.74 billion and Abaji N3.71 billion.

Chairman of the committee, Rep. Bamidele Salam, said additional concerns had emerged from audit reports covering 2022 and part of 2023, including alleged understatement of internally generated revenue, unauthorised disposal of assets, non-disclosure of statutory revenue and failure to remit withholding tax. He also said the councils had not audited and submitted their financial accounts for 2023, 2024 and 2025. The latest summons is intended to compel the relevant officials to provide explanations and documents needed to resolve the outstanding audit queries.