The federal ministry of petroleum resources says its
officials who spent N116 million on stationery have either retired or been
redeployed to other ministries.
This is according to a statement released on Tuesday by
Garba Deen Muhammad, spokesman for Timipre Sylva (pictured), minister of state
for petroleum resources.
A 2015 audit report submitted by the Office of the
Auditor-General of the Federation (AuGF) in December 2020 had said officials of
the petroleum ministry spent N116 million on stationery.
A breakdown showed that N14.5 million was spent on the purchase of Schneider pens, N46 million to print the ministry’s letterhead and N56 million on toner for its photocopy machines in 2015.
The audit report is currently under scrutiny by the senate
public accounts committee, led by Mathew Urhoghide, senator representing Edo
south.
The statement explained that the infractions occurred before
the present leadership of the ministry of petroleum.
“The general public should note that while it is true that
the auditor-general raised audit observations on infractions committed by the
ministry of petroleum resources, these infractions related to the 2015 accounts
of the ministry of petroleum resources,” the statement read.
“It should further be
noted that these infractions appeared in the 2015 report of the Auditor-General
for the Federation which is presently under consideration by the public
accounts committee (PAC) of the senate.
“The public should further note that the officers the report
of the Auditor-General for the Federation indicted have since been retired or
redeployed out of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources in line with the practice
in the civil service.”
It added that the officials are currently being investigated
by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission
(ICPC).
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