At a time Nigerians are going through a lot of economic hardships, with many households finding it extremely difficult to have a square meal per day, the Accountant General of the Federation, AGF, Mrs Oluwatoyin Madein took commissioners of finance in the 36 states of the federation and other government officials to a workshop in the United Kingdom. The action has continued to draw the ire of quite a number of Nigerians, including civil society organisations.
'However, to save the cost of foreign exchange needed to travel to London, it would have been cheaper to go for ‘training of the trainers,’ depending on the institution’s mobility,” he said in a statement. But, the Director of Press in the Office of the AGF, Bawa Mokwa, would not have Nigerians crucify the AGF and his team, when they had a genuine reason for travelling to the UK for the workshop, instead of holding it in Nigeria.