Seven (7) memos (request) amounting to N28,002,340.00 were made simultaneously by various officers between 5th and 6th April 2017, for pre-retirement training expenditures and approval was granted on 17th July 2017 by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry. Further audit scrutiny revealed the following:
(a) The memos raised suggest contract splitting and may have been done to circumvent the approval threshold of the Permanent Secretary.
(b) One of the consultants, merely gave a brief history of his consulting firm in his proposal and failed to quote any price as cost of the training while the Ministry the sum of N5,670,060.00 to the consultant.
(c) Copies of the consultant’s proposal dated 17/01/2017 were made and used as part of supporting documents in all the seven approvals granted.
(d) Request for payment from the consultant was dated 20/01/2017 while the first payment voucher in his favour was dated 13/01/2017 (7 days before his request).
(e) The means through which the beneficiaries were paid was not made clear as no document evidencing that the officers mentioned in schedules attached were actually paid.
The Permanent Secretary is required to account for the sum of N24,708,090.00. Sanctions in line with FR 3106 should apply.
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