Audit observed that the sum of N1,600,000,000.00 was released for the payments of postings of the Ambassadors and other Officers of the Ministry vide AIE No. MFA/HQ/CAP/144/2016 dated 20th September 2016. as listed below:
(a) N1,000,000,000.00 – for the postings of newly appointed Ambassadors
(b) N300, 000,000.00 – for the newly Posted Officers to foreign countries and
(c) N300, 000,000.00 – for the payments of allowances of the Returning Officers.
However, no supporting documents (such as Expenditure Returns from Mission, PVs etc.) were made available to confirm that the funds had been expended in accordance with the reasons for which the funds were released.
The Permanent Secretary is required to account for the sum of N1,600,000,000.00 and pay back to government account, otherwise, sanctions stated in FR 3115 should apply.
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