The Nigerian government has
accused Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development , Aisha Alhassan (Mama
Taraba) of spending N12m on ‘familiarisation visits’ to unnamed skill
acquisition centres in 2015.
This is contained in a report
from the Auditor-General’s office.
The report came days after Mama
Taraba declared support for the presidential ambition of former vice president
Atiku Abubakar.
According to Premium Times, part
of the funds was spent on November 11, 2015, the day the minister was
officially sworn-in.
The report which contains
observations made on the underlying accounting records of ministries,
departments and other agencies of government, is the latest from the
Auditor-General’s office.
It said, “an audit investigation
established that the purported acclaimed appraisal visits to skill acquisition
centres were never undertaken.”
The audit committee observed
that: ‘‘all the attached receipts for fuelling did not indicate quantity in
litres, the rate per litre, dates of purchase and vehicle number of the fuelled
vehicles.
“The International hotel receipt
of 23/11/15 which was issued for the hiring of a mini-bus from a hotel to
unnamed project sites rendered the receipts doubtful.
”Hiring of cars to Project Sites
at ridiculous rates of between N75,000.00 and N77,000.00 for two days as
appeared on receipts numbers 910 of 22/11/15, 107 of 24/11/15, 0416 of
27/11/15, 531 of 25/11/15, is contrary to exercise of the due economy in line
with the provision of Financial Regulation 415.”
Reports of the investigation by
the audit committee revealed that part of the expenses for the verification
visits was made on the day Mrs. Alhassan was sworn in.
”Receipt number 5206 of
11/11/2015, the date the Minister was sworn in by the President of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria and receipt number 11622 of 8th of November, 2015 with
amount N100,000.00 respectively are not clear. The two receipts were for
servicing of a vehicle two times within 3 days,’’ the report noted.
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The woman is now adjudged bad because she just indicated her preference! How then is Buhari with his APC not more corrupt?
ReplyDeleteYou have said it all my beloved brother. They are more corrupt than her.
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