The Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Dr. Oluwatoyin Madein, has denied honouring the reported N585.198 million payment request by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betty Edu.


The minister had asked the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation to pay the said amount to the personal account of a certain Oniyelu Bridget Mojisola.


Dr. Edu’s request was contained in a letter referenced: FMHAPA/HQ/S.208 and dated December 20, 2023.

Her explanation was that the payment was meant for grants to vulnerable groups in Akwa Ibom , Cross River, Ogun and Lagos States.

However, reacting to the controversy generated by the payment request considered to be illegal, the AGF said she did not honour the request as it was not her responsibility to make payments for projects and programmes on behalf of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).

Dr. Madein position’s was contained in a statement by the Director of Press, Mr. Bawa Mokwa of the OAGF, in Abuja this afternoon.

She stated that allocations are released to self-accounting MDAs in line with the budget and such MDAs are responsible for the implementation of their projects and payments for such projects.

The AGF explained that although her Office received the said request from the Ministry, it did not carry out the payment.

The Ministry was however advised on the appropriate steps to take in making such payments in line with the established payment procedure.


The AGF noted that in such situations, payments are usually processed by the affected Ministries as self-accounting entities and no bulk payment is supposed to be made to an individual’s account in the name of Project Accountant.

She added that such payment should be sent to the beneficiaries through their verified bank accounts.

Dr. Madein reiterated her determination to uphold the principles of accountability and transparency in the management of public finances.

She advised MDAs to always ensure that the requisite steps are taken in carrying out financial transactions.

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..the major charateristics of a Bullion van era are denials, lies, deceit & propaganda.. they learnt it from the certificate forger without identity, history & origin..

He can deny all he wants..but the fact remains that those who appointed them into positions of power & authority are themselves fraudulent creatures who stole, snatched, grabbed & ran away with the people's mandate.


Bunch of shameless prehistoric animals

then who made the payment.. The minister did not transfer from her personal purse na

These people are making it look as if these billions they have been looting is nothing

Instead of the bitch to resign or Tinubu to fire his side chick, they are letting this scandal dig a bigger hole for themselves.

Wait until Tinubu & Betty's sextape hits Twitter.

We were not expecting AGF to agree in the first place



That's their modus operandi of feasting with our commonwealth!

Noted

It will be difficult if not impossible to get selfless leader in this

The AGF didn't carry out the transfer neither did the dishonored minister made the transfer from her account so how was the money transferred? I guess my great grandfather in the grave transferred it. Bunch of old fuuls deceiving themselves

shadownetinc:
then who made the payment.. The minister did not transfer from her personal purse na

There is no report where it was stated that the money was transferred, we only saw a quoted memo where the request was made and the account beneficiary wherr it will be transferred.

It is a good thing on the part of the OAGF if the dubious, illegal request was declined

So the Oniyelu Bridget Mojisola account does not have trail of who or where the money that entered her account came from?

Which bank?

All this shalaye lies, deceit and denials are modus operandi of a fantastically corrupt people.

N585M fa.

coolgb:


There is no report where it was stated that the money was transferred, we only saw a quoted memo where the request was made and the account beneficiary wherr it will be transferred.

It is a good thing on the part of the OAGF if the dubious, illegal request was declined

No be this country, satelite and ship miss, snake swallowed money etc you will soon hear how a particular unnamed spirit was the one that moved that money into the beneficiary's account.