MDA

Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation

Project Location/State

Award Year

2019

Contract Sum

₦₦0.00

Amount Paid

₦₦0.00

Unaccounted

₦₦296,977,675.08

Context/Observation

1.One (1) Pension Fund Administrator (PFA) Personal Identification Number (PIN) was recorded against multiple employees:
a.In October 2020 payroll of the Federal University Wukari, Taraba State, PFA PINs: 110014000000 and 110015000000 were replicated sixty-nine (69) and sixty-seven (67) times respectively with different PFAs while 165 staff have no PFAs and/or PINs.
b. In the same month of October 2020 for the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, out of total number of 9,664 staff, 5,388 have issues with their PFAs and/or PFA PINs.
c. In the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), over 139,000 officers have PFA PIN issues with well over 85,000 of them having the same PIN of 100000000000; over 19,000 Officers with the PIN 101000000000, Over 17,000 have the same 200000000000 PIN, etc.
d. Incomplete, and/or inaccurate data with respect to the Pension Deductions for employees like “null”, “unspecified”, “not available” “-”, “00000000”, “0”, etc. for either the PFA Name or the PIN.

2.The sum of N17,927,568.41 Pension was not calculated, deducted and remitted for 1,035 staff of the Federal Ministry of Defence in the month of October, 2020.

3.The sum of N8,101,883.86 was deducted as pension contribution from 949 staff of the Federal Ministry of Defence in the month of October, 2020 though these staff were not paid salary in the month.

Contractor

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Beneficial Ownership Information

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Legislative Recommendation

The IPPIS Steering Committee Chairperson should ensure:
I.The reconciliation and refund of the sums N296,977,675.08 and others involved in the invalid pension fund accounts to all affected beneficiaries with the details of refund furnished to the Public Accounts Committees of the National Assembly for further verification;
II.The cleansing/sanitation of the records of FGN employees on the IPPIS payroll 2019 Annual Report 235 especially with respect to the DoB, DoFA, and the multiple entry of employee names.
III.Otherwise, sanctions relating to irregular or wrong payment as specified in paragraph 3106 of the Financial Regulations (FR) will apply.

Executive Action

N/A

Progress Report

N/A

Data Source

2019 Non-Compliance Audit Report of the FG

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