The Senate Committee on Legislative Compliance found that many resolutions of the upper chamber calling on the government to take action on issues raised by lawmakers were delayed or never implemented. The post Senate frowns at non-implementation of resolutions by MDAs, mulls budgetary sanctions against agencies appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria. Agencies accused of ignoring oversight, compliance requests By Henry Umoru ABUJA — The Senate has expressed concern over the failure of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to implement its resolutions, warning that defaulting agencies could face budgetary and other sanctions.
The upper chamber said many MDAs routinely ignore its resolutions and fail to respond to requests for compliance updates, describing the trend as a disregard for the Senate’s oversight authority. The position was taken on Wednesday during the presentation and consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Legislative Compliance on the status of implementation of Senate resolutions between July 2023 and December 2025. Presenting the report, Chairman of the committee, Senator Musa Maidoki Garba (APC, Kebbi South), said the review showed that many resolutions passed by the Senate were either delayed or ignored despite repeated follow-up by the committee.
He noted that implementation of Senate resolutions is often hindered because the Executive retains the final authority to direct their execution. “Implementation of Senate resolutions is often delayed and sometimes ignored. The Executive retains the final authority to issue directives for the implementation of Senate resolutions.
“Many MDAs ignore the committee’s requests for compliance information, thereby disregarding the powers of the committee and the Senate in general. “Some MDAs failed to implement Senate resolutions, especially those relating to road rehabilitation and disaster management, due to the non-inclusion of funds in the budget for project execution,” he said. To improve compliance, the committee recommended that the Senate impose budgetary and other sanctions on agencies that fail to implement or respond to its resolutions.
The committee also highlighted several unresolved cases, including the Senate’s directive that the Federal Government compensate the family of two-year-old Eromonsele Omhonria, who was struck by a stray bullet during a National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operation in Asaba, Delta State, in July 2023. The Senate had earlier adopted the recommendation of its Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions directing the Federal Government to pay the family N200 million in compensation and mandating the NDLEA to fund the child’s medical treatment abroad.
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