Audit observed that the sum of N4,095,032.00 was paid to an officer of the Fund vide payment vouchers numbers 1075 and 00351 dated 21st and 26th July, 2017 respectively, for course fee, estacode allowance, air ticket and airport taxi to attend a pre-retirement workshop in Accra, Ghana from 8th to 18th August, 2017. Review of related documents showed that there was a letter dated 6th July, 2017 from Compass Management Centre in which the Managing Director was requested to nominate personnel from the Fund to attend the workshop, but details of course fee, number of days involved, actual venue of the workshop, organisers, etc., were not provided. Moreover, the payment violates Head of Service of the Federation’s circular Ref. No. HCSF/CSO/HRM/Pol.1402/1 dated 22nd January 2015 which restricts foreign trainings and international travels by Public Officers.
The circular states that approval must be given by the Head of Civil Service of the Federation on the recommendation of the Committee set up to verify requests for essential and strategic cases where local trainings are not available and where foreign experts may not be available to be invited to conduct the trainings.
The Managing Director is required to provide approval from appropriate authorities for embarking on the trip as required by the above quoted circular, failing which sanctions stated in FR 3106 should apply.
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