Audit observed that payment voucher number 05779 dated 11th December 2017 for N15,000,000.00 was paid to a contractor as part payment of outstanding legal fee of N185,000,000.00 charged in respect of Appeal Case No. CA/A/417/2011. It was however, observed that the letter of engagement which authorised the firm to represent NSITF & HAGF, and the contract agreement executed were not presented for audit inspection. Also, the engagement of the firm and the associated legal charge were not cleared by the Attorney-General of the Federation in violation of the above circular.
The Managing Director is required to explain the failure to provide concrete evidence of due process in the engagement of the solicitor, and to justify the legal fee of N185, 000,000.00, showing how it was arrived at, failing which sanctions within Financial Regulation 3106 should apply.
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