 The 9th Senate has sustained a query issued against the National Examination Council by the Auditor General for the Federation for allegedly awarding a 6.5 billion-hour contract without following due process. This query is contained in the Auditor General of the Federation 2017 report, already been considered by the Senate Public Accounts Committee. The Auditor General of the Federation said the contract involved the printing of security and non-security documents by the examination body. The chairman of the SPAC, Senator Mathew, said the NECO management did not sufficiently defend the contract award process. The committee sustained the queries on the grounds that NECO could not provide evidence of approval from the ministerial sender's board before awarding contracts beyond its threshold.