Audit observed the under listed irregularities in the award of contract in the sum of N320,450,000.00 for the removal of water hyacinth in Western Zone in the year 2016:
i.There was no relevant contract agreement
ii.There was no certificate of ‘No Objection’ from the Bureau of Public Procurement
iii.There was no Federal Executive Council approval, Ministerial Tenders Board approval considering the fact that the contract sum is above the approval threshold of the of the Agency.
iv. There was no Advance Payment Guarantee (APG) for the 15% mobilization of N48,067,500 (Forty-eight million sixty-seven thousand five hundred naira only) paid to the company on 2nd May 2017, as required by the Public Procurement Act 2007.
In the absence of these documents, it is difficult to accept the existence of the above contract and the genuineness of the payment made.
The Director General is required to justify the payment of the sum of N48,067,500 in contravention of the above provisions, failing which the said amount should be recovered from the contractor and paid back to government chest. Also, sanction within FR 3117 should apply.
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