1. Various payments were made between 2016 and 2019 by the Medical Director which ranged from 5 million to 70 million and above, that were above the approval limit of the Medical Director.
2.The various contracts amounted to N1,846,616,017.00 (One billion, eight hundred and forty-six million, six hundred and sixteen thousand, seventeen naira) representing N651,540,016.00 for 2016, N490,000,000.00 for 2017 and N705,076,000.00 for 2019.
3. There was no evidence of meetings/approval of the Parastatal’s Tenders Board, as the Centre did not make available for the audit the Tenders Board minutes of meetings.
4.There were no payment vouchers raised in relations to these contracts before money was paid.
5.There were no contract files in relation to the contract as audit requested but the management did not provide them, and
6.There was no evidence of approval from Ministerial Tenders Board as some payments were above 50 million naira.
The Chief Medical Director is requested to:
i. Provide reasons for the flagrant disregard to this extant circular.
ii. Recover the sum of N1,846,616,017.00 and remit same to government coffers.
iii. Forward evidence of remittance to the Public Accounts Committees of the National Assembly, and
iv. Otherwise, apply sanctions relating to violation of Public Procurement Act in paragraph 3125 of the Financial Regulations
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