….Permanent Secretary Indicted

More than N1.4 billion scandal is currently rocking the officials of Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tel-Aviv, Israel.

This is even as the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, has been indicted by the report of the Auditor General of federation, Anthony Ayine.

Specifically, the officials have been fingered in alleged financial scandal of N848 million and $1.5 million respectively.

The alleged financial fraud was uncovered by the Senate Committee on Public Account, chaired by Senator Mathew Urhoghide.

Angered by financial recklessness of the embassy in Tel-Aviv, the Chairman of Senate Committee on Public Account, directed that the former permanent secretary in the Ministry must be compelled to account for the mismanaged funds in the Ministry.

He added that the person that committed all the infractions should be made known for further action.

The representative of Secretary of Ministry of Affairs, Salawu Zubair was unable to give convincing account to the Senate Committee on Public Account on the series of queries raised by the Auditor-General of Federation.

The Auditor General’s report reads: “The sum of $858,704,50 was generated as revenue in respect of visa and administrative charges for the period 2013- 2015. The following irregularities were observed.

“Treasury boon 6A and Treasury Book 6 revenue booklets were not kept, and consequently not made available .

“Revenue collector’s registers with details of TR6A and relevant amount were not maintained

“Revenue cash books were not updated with relevant entries throughout 2014.”

The permanent secretary has been requested to explain these irregularities in revenue collection, account for the sum of $858,704.50 collected as well as carry out the surcharge of officers involved, otherwise , the full weight of financial regulations 3112 (1) should be applied, forwarding evidence of action taken for audit verification.

“The sum of $187,554.49 was transferred from revenue to overhead accounts as revealed in the revenue cash books of 2013 and 2015.

“The amount was claimed to have been borrowed from the Internally Generated Revenue Account for the period but was never paid back. This action contravenes financial regulations 236.

“The Permanent Secretary has been requested to recover the entire amount and forward evidence of recovery and remittance to government chest for audit verification

“Audit examination revealed that out of the sum $305,577 was unaccounted for.

“It was also observed that between 2013 and 2015 the sum of N517,247,500.8 was remitted to the embassy.

“The sum for capital, personnel and overhead cost. These remittances were all paid into one account.

“This is a violation of financial regulations 701 which requires separate bank accounts to be maintained for capital and overhead to enable transparent rendition of expenditure return in accordance with budgetary provisions.

“The expenditure return rendered by the embassy cannot be admissible as a true reflection of transaction of the lumping of expenditure remittances (personnel, overhead and capital) into bank account.

“The Permanent Secretary has been requested to explain these banking irregularities and revert to the separation of bank accounts in accordance with statutory regulations, forwarding evidence of action taken for audit verification.

“During the audit examination of payment voucher, the total sum of $158, 000 was paid as estacode allowance to home-based staff to accompany Christians pilgrims from Nigeria to various religious sites.

“However, it was revealed while going through the supporting documents attached to the payment voucher that these pilgrims were usually accompanies by the Nigerian Pilgrims Commission, hence there is no need for embassy staff to escort them, the Permanent Secretary has been requested to stop further wastage of statutory allocations on meaningless pilgrimage tours that will aid the embassy on accomplishing its mandate and in informing me accordingly on action taken.

“During the verification of the AIEs extracted from the ministry into the AIEs files maintained at the Nigerian embassy in Tel-Aviv. It was observed that AIEs totalling N331m extracted from the ministry of foreign affairs did not reflect at the embassy.

“The Permanent Secretary ha been requested to explain why these AIEs totalling N331m were not recorded and accounted for n the embassy files or recover the total amount and forward the recovery particulars to me for verification,” the report stated.

https://www.independent.ng/n848m-1-5m-scandals-hit-foreign-affairs-office-in-israel/

Even in Israel?

#EndbadGovernance

Nigeria is a looters paradise

This government will go down as the most corrupt in Nigerian history .

And anoda one is exposed but we all know nothing will com out of it.. They are all complicit, The Senate and The Executive arm of government are all bunch of thieves.. Where's the NDDC report? Where's the report on Maina?

Ok

Dat one no be money. Na big thieves we dey respect here.

Juus

Nigeria is in big trouble with all these old fo*ls... Sometimes I just wonder why some people does not have human feelings ☹️

Again

Did they swear for this country

Corruption exportation again!

And you want us to pity them when the poor are looting thier house

dem Nigerian politicians junior brother full everywhere

Heheh. Home and abroad, we do wonders......welcome to Nigeria a country of fantastically corrupt leaders.

NIGERIA is a great country, any where we are in the WORLD, we must show our self out e.g HUSHPUPPI in Dubai, Alison MADUEKE in LONDON, OBI invius in USA, chukuwdi in CHINA, EMEKA in south Africa, TUNDE in Mexico e.t.c ... Nigerians TWALE

The way God created us Nigerians ehn,we are special and enduring. If this kind news will occur in many developed nations, there will be real revolutions. In fact some might not exit again. Thank God for his Grace. Oyinbo can't endure 1% of what we are going through. They will die. See money even for holy land, guys no get conscience

Please don't export corruption

Another one

If to say justice is fair in Nigeria,

Will this kind of rubbish be happening ?

A poor man is roasted like fish for 30k phone,

A public servant is given a slap on the wrist for stealing and looting BILLIONS.

Can you see the laughing stock clearly now ?

Allow us go our separate ways abeg.

Ok

Extra odinary every day

GamalNasser:
Nigeria is a looters paradise

YOU ARE CORRECT.

Nigeria is a looters paradise.

Youth that loot palliatives they called them miscreant, hoodlums and all kinds of insulting names.

See big men in the HOLY LAND spoiling themselves over Nigeria's money.

God has started exposing them one after the other.

Na their work now. Soft work

Haha too bad they can't burn that office to cover up

Not surprised

They will not deploy army to attack these looters but will deploy army on civilians hmm.