On payment voucher no. 10 of February 2019, SSA, UN partnership was paid the sum of N235,000 (two hundred and thirty-five thousand naira) being a refund of out-of-pocket expenses (reimbursement) for attending the wedding of the daughter of the resident coordinator of the United Nations at Abuja. She claimed to have represented the states at the weeding. It is recalled that on payment voucher no. 130 December 2018, the Assistant to the former Honorable Commissioner, Mr Ezeigbo Uche, had applied for a refund for the same purpose for which he was paid.
Why was it necessary for her and Mr. Ezeigbo to attend the same function on behalf of the State Government without the approval of the state Governor? The evidence available in the audit was that the former Honourable Commissioner should represent the State Government and who the SSA, UN Partnership represented could not be established.
It is wrong and inappropriate to make such double charges in the treasury of the Government of Anambra State. The SSA, UN Partnership had no authority to represent the State Government in the function and ought not to have made any claims on the public treasury. She was at the function, if she truly attended, on a personal capacity and the State Government should not be made to fund her private costs.