On payment voucher no. 8 of October 2019, the former permanent secretary of the ministry received the sun of N105,000 for a Conference/AGM of the Nigerian Institute of Food Science and technology (NIFST). The breakdown is as follows:
i.Conference Registration Fee- N50,000
ii.Professional Fee- N35,000
iii.Accommodation-N20,000
The Conference/AGM was held at the Prof. Dora Akunyili Women Development Center, Awka, and Anambra State. The official receipts of the Institute of bank-generated tellers (electronic receipts) for the Conference Registration Fee and professional fee were not attached to the payment voucher.
By the head of service circular with reference HOS/ED/RR/45/19 of 13th August 2008, no public officer is entitled to hotel accommodation for a function within the state. The retired permanent secretary lived in Awka and would not justify an accommodation in a hotel at the expense of the public fund.
The permanent secretary was thus requested to obtain from the retired permanent secretary,
i.a refund of the sum of N20,000 (twenty thousand naira) he wrongly claimed from the public treasury. The fund is to be paid back to the public treasury receipts issued by the Institute for the Conference and Professional fees.
ii.Alternatively, the retired permanent secretary is to refund the sum of N85,000 (eighty-fine thousand naira) he claimed for the conference which he did not use for the earmarked purposes. The refund is to be paid back the public treasury.
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