The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
has denied reports of alleged fraud in the payment of estacode allowances of
officers who travelled to supervise the 2018 Promotion Examinations for
officers and diplomats abroad.
The Ministry spokesperson, Dr
Tope Elias-Fatile in a statement noted that the report was false and
misleading.
”The report of any fraud in the
payment of estacode as it relates to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is
absolutely false and should be disregarded,” he said.
He explained that the estacode
allowances of all the officers who travelled to supervise the 2018 Promotion
Examinations in the four centres abroad in Kenya, London, New York and New
Delhi were paid directly into their accounts upon their return from the exercise.
”Besides, the payments were made
in naira not in dollars as alleged.
”It is incorrect that over 100
officers of the ministry travelled to supervise the examination exercise. Only
36 officers from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs travelled for the supervision.
”Also, it is only 59 officers
that sat for the promotion examinations and not 129 officers as allegedly
reported,” he said.
According to him, the conduct of
promotion examinations for officers and Nigerian diplomats abroad is statutory
and the Ministry is in charge of the supervision of officers on grade levels
seven to 14.
”The Federal Civil Service
Commission conducts and supervises examinations for all directorate level
officers,” he insisted.
Elias-Fatile added that the
ministry followed all due processes in the payment of estacode to all officers
involved and all the supervising officers travelled to the various centres to
supervise the examinations, as approved.
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