{"id":22287,"date":"2020-06-23T10:01:17","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T10:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=22287"},"modified":"2020-06-23T10:01:25","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T10:01:25","slug":"reps-query-refugees-commission-over-shoddy-documentation-discrepancies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=22287","title":{"rendered":"Reps query refugees commission over shoddy documentation, discrepancies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The House of Representatives<\/a> on Monday queried documents prepared and presented to it by the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCRMIDP), saying it was filled with discrepancies and not properly prepared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lawmakers, through the House Committee on Public Accounts, also frowned at the failure of the Commission to properly account for the utilization of N25 billion appropriated between 2015 and 2019 fiscal years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts, Hon. Wole Oke, who presided an investigative hearing into the 2015 to 2019 audit queries issued by the office of the Auditor General of the Federation (oAuGF) to the Commission regretted the development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Commission had presented documents that showed that a total sum of N28.959 billion appropriated between 2015 to 2019 and the sum of N1.894 billion was released for personnel cost; N433.218 million for overhead cost while N23.923 billion was approved for capital expenditure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The documents also showed that out of the amount, the sum of N22.369 billion was released out of which N14.735 billion was for capital expenditure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sum of N2.583 billion was also released in 2015; N1.462 billion in 2016; N2.346 billion in 2017; N1.058 in 2018 and N1.370 billion in 2019 for the implementation of various Zonal Intervention Projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While requesting for details of all capital projects, Oke observed some irregularities in the documents presented to the Committee, questioning the Director, Finance and Accounts (DFA) on the expenditures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: \u201cHe (DFA) is out to defend the expenditure of N25 billion; that is the task before us now. What did you do with N25 billion?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes, you could make payment to x, y, z, which is reflected in the bank statement but what is the consideration; what is the purpose of the payment?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf the bank tells you debit and credit, you pay x, y, z, yes; inflow from Federal Government, from the office of the Accountant General release based on the budget provisions then outflow \u2013 expenditure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo our question is, what was the consideration, what did you pay for. Auditor General what is the consideration? That\u2019s what you have to defend, and it\u2019s very simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am only summarising so that we can take a position so that the whole world can understand where we are. You\u2019ve given us your record even with all the inaccuracies which are human error,\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Head of Planning, Research, and Documentation, Mrs. Ama Edet, when asked about the documents, denied knowledge of any money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe accounting department just gave me the details then I just compile it and put it in the form that it is. So I don\u2019t know anything about the money on the compilation. I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Responding to Mrs. Edet, Oke said the presentation was not properly done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe presentation is not proper, it is not in order. The presentation before us, ordinarily I would have dropped everything on the doorstep of the National Commissioner but he\u2019s just coming on board, and you, his lieutenants you have not done well<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou have not done well at all, simple arithmetic accuracy that a Primary 6 student even let\u2019s say SSS 3 student will take his calculator and add together is what we are grappling with here! If we agree, we simply return this document and ask that the document should go and be tidied up<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPlease go back and tidy it up properly. The Director of Planning said she\u2019s not an accountant, I don\u2019t expect that statement from you\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The committee thereafter gave the commission one-week ultimatum to represent the document.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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