The audit observed that a sum of N55,936,886.50 was paid for the emergency repairof Makera – Tegina road section II in Niger state vide payment voucher departmental number CAP/3689/17 on 13th February, 2018. Further observation showed that the contract award letter was not attached to the payment voucher and detail of previous payments made in respect of the contract was not stated as required by financial regulation 603. As a result, the audit could not ascertain the contract sum and the genuineness of the payment.It was also observed that the engineering certificate number three (3) that the Ministry valued at N55,936,886.50 was not attached to the payment voucher before payment was made. Details of previous payments made in respect of the contract was also not provided.It was further observed that approval for the payment was given by a former Minister ofWorks, since 13th January 2014. The approval memo was not re-presented to the current Minister of power, works and housing for revalidation before payment was made.
The Permanent Secretary is required to recover the sum of N55,936,886.50. Sanctions in line with Financial Regulation 3102 should apply to all affected officials.
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