Audit observed from the review of the Council’s bank statements and bank mandates that:
i. The sum of 20,900,000.00 (Twenty million nine hundred thousand naira) was paid to a contractor, as part payment, for the acquisition of a Toyota Hilux vehicle for the official use of the past Chairman of the Council through payment mandate number 0428 of 9th October, 2018 via the account maintained by the Council with Fidelity Bank Plc with account number 1005648516;
ii. File for the acquired vehicle was not made available by the relevant officials of the Council for audit review;
iii. The Council failed to provide the relevant payment vouchers, store documents, supplier’s delivery note and other relevant documents with respect to the vehicle; and
iv. Physical verification of official vehicles owned by the Council revealed that the acquired Toyota Hilux vehicle is no longer within the Council’s possession.
The Honourable Chairman is requested to:
i. Provide the full documents relating to the procurement of the Hilux vehicle to the Public Accounts Committees of the National Assembly;
ii. Recover the Toyota Hilux vehicle;
iii. In the absence of the above, refund the sum of 20,900,000.00 (Twenty million nine hundred thousand naira) back to chest, forwarding evidence of refund to the Public Accounts Committees of the National Assembly for verification; and
iv. Otherwise, apply sanctions relating to failure to collect government assets after payment and failure to pay for use of government property in paragraphs 3109 and 3113 of the Financial Regulations, respectively.
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