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tundegan:
Tinubu is the best worst president Nigeria ever had.

He is bold, brave and courageous. I love my president.

theophorus:
You suppose understand say everybody get their clients.

Jackson gat to feed his clients with necessary Conspiracies to keep them occupied.

If you doubt me, Reason am Why people go believe say na Jubril el Sudan be their President abi how people go believe say their President na FBI Agent?

nedu666:
You must either be a fan or jobless to be monitoring ekpa. No wonder the man dey deliver back to back lamba with jobless people like you following him

The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has called on President Bola Tinubu to review his economic reforms to reflect greater sensitivity to the plight of Nigerians, especially those in the northern region.

According to a communiqué after its National Executive Council, NEC, meeting held in Kaduna on Wednesday, the ACF expressed displeasure at the economic policies of the present administration, saying that they had worsened the hardship an average Nigerian is facing.

While outlining the unique vulnerabilities of the northern region, the Forum noted that its people were affected by food insecurity, limited access to education and skills training, and reliance on microeconomic activities for survival.

It emphasized that while economic reforms were necessary, they should not worsen poverty or hardship among the citizens they are intended to benefit, adding that the livelihoods of many depend on micro-activities.

“The region faces acute and chronic food insecurity; its youths lack education and skills training. Daunting as these may be, they can be reversed. The time to think big is now.

“Notwithstanding the parlous state of Arewa’s glaring economic challenges, the policies of the current federal government have continued to worsen matters, with little indication of the needed sensitivity to the precarious existential conditions of Arewa people.

“Succinctly stated, economic reforms, while indeed desirable, should not impoverish the same people they are meant to serve. The people may not be alive to reap the putative benefits,” the communique said.

DAILY POST reports that the group had earlier declared that it would back a Northern candidate for the 2027 presidential election.

Ttalk:
Let Owerri restructure IPOB leadership first. The power tussle of leadership between MNK and Simon Ekpa is destructive to the region

Richtaiwo:
Shukudi, your Yoruba Muslim brothers will never support the packaged fraud. Obifraud will never be president of Nigeria, lai lai.

One thing about Tinubu is that he will not steal Nigeria’s money, steal for what, he was comfortable before he came in.....

An audit report has uncovered financial irregularities totalling over N4.64bn in the Federal Ministry of Works (Housing Sector), raising concerns about systemic non-compliance with financial regulations and procurement laws.

The findings, contained in the Auditor-General for the Federation’s Annual Report, cover activities between 2020 and 2021 and reveal significant lapses in internal controls under Babatunde Fashola, the former Minister of Works and Housing.

The report details several issues, including payments made without proper documentation, extra-budgetary expenditures, mobilisation fees exceeding approved thresholds, and contracts awarded without following due process.

A sum of N1.08bn was paid from the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System account without the requisite payment vouchers, violating Paragraph 601 of the Financial Regulations, 2009.


Also, N546m was transferred to project accounts without adequate documentation or budgetary provision.

The Auditor-General’s report attributed these anomalies to weak internal control mechanisms in the Ministry and warned of risks such as fund misappropriation and loss.

Despite queries, the ministry failed to respond to these issues.

The Auditor-General recommended that the Permanent Secretary justify the payments, recover the funds, and remit them to the Treasury.

The audit report also recommended that evidence of compliance should be submitted to the National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committees, failing which sanctions under Paragraph 3106 of the Financial Regulations should apply.

Extra-budgetary spending
The audit unearthed extra-budgetary expenditures amounting to N2.89bn, including N1.88bn spent without legislative appropriation.

Also, over N1bn was paid to contractors for road projects in Katsina State, which were only included in the 2017 Appropriation Act.

These expenditures contravene Section 80(4) of the 1999 Constitution, which mandates legislative approval for all withdrawals from public funds.

The audit report read, “The sum of N1,883,795,670.51 (One billion, eight hundred and eighty-three million, seven hundred and ninety-five thousand, six hundred and seventy naira, fifty-one kobo) was expended by the Ministry without evidence of appropriation.

“The sum of N1,003,039,708.79 (One billion, three million, thirty-nine thousand, seven hundred and eight naira, seventy-nine kobo) was paid to four contractors for the construction of roads in Daura, Katsina State. The project was budgeted for in the 2017 Appropriation Act, and


“Approval for the extra-budgetary expenditures in (i) and (ii) above, totalling N2,886,835,379.30 (Two billion, eight hundred and eighty-six million, eight hundred and thirty-five thousand, three hundred and seventy-nine naira, thirty kobo) by the National Assembly was not presented for audit.

“The above anomalies could be attributed to weaknesses in the internal control system at the Federal Ministry of Works (Housing Sector).”

The lack of adherence to financial accountability standards raises concerns about the potential diversion of public funds.

No response was provided by the Ministry to clarify these expenditures.

The report called for the recovery of the unauthorised funds and recommended sanctions for those responsible under relevant financial regulations.

The report further revealed contracts worth N493.97m were awarded to companies not registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission.

Of this amount, N170.36m was paid to unregistered entities, and a company awarded a contract in 2016 was only registered in 2019, contravening the Public Procurement Act, 2007, and the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020.


The absence of legal registration increases the risk of contract non-execution, fund mismanagement, and payment to ghost entities.

The audit report noted, “Payment for Contracts totalling N493,967,484.24 (Four hundred and ninety-three million, nine hundred and sixty-seven thousand, four hundred and eighty-four naira, twenty-four kobo) were made to non-existing companies.

“The sum of N5,825,989.28 (Five million, eight hundred and twenty-five thousand, nine hundred and eighty-nine naira, twenty-eight kobo) was paid to a contractor vide payment voucher with Ref. No PROC/PBHD/CAP1345/2020 dated 30th December, 2020, out of the total contract sum of N493,967,484.24 without the company being incorporated.

“Three contractors were paid a total of N170,355,961.05 without evidence of incorporation with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC).

“A company that was awarded a contract on the 25th of November, 2016 was incorporated with CAC on the 16th of August, 2019.

“The above anomalies could be attributed to weaknesses in the internal control system at the Federal Ministry of Works (Housing Sector).”

The Ministry was advised to recover the funds, ensure remittance to the Treasury, and implement sanctions against officials involved in the irregular awards.


Other financial infractions
The report also noted that in Oyo State, the ministry paid N110.81m, representing 22.61 per cent of a total contract sum, as mobilisation fees for a project, exceeding the 15 per cent limit prescribed by Paragraph 2933 of the Financial Regulations.

The contract was also irregularly awarded on a Sunday, further raising concerns about procedural integrity.

The report called for the recovery of the excess payment and recommended strict sanctions for gross misconduct under Paragraph 3129 of the Financial Regulations.

Also, a contract worth N46.31m for classroom construction in Edo State was awarded without adhering to due process.

The report further noted that N40.83m, representing 88.18 per cent of the contract sum, was paid to the contractor, exceeding mobilisation thresholds.

The lack of documentation, such as tender evaluations and approvals, exposes the ministry to risks of incomplete projects and fund diversion.

Five contracts worth N27.84m were awarded without obtaining bids from at least three unrelated contractors, as required under Section 24(1) of the Public Procurement Act, 2007.

The ministry also failed to present essential documents, including advertisements, tender evaluations, and meeting minutes.

The Auditor-General’s report paints a grim picture of financial management in the Federal Ministry of Works (Housing Sector), citing pervasive internal control weaknesses, poor compliance, and lack of accountability.

The report stressed the need for urgent reforms to prevent further financial mismanagement and safeguard public funds.

The PUNCH earlier reported that the Senate on Monday vowed to invoke parliamentary sanctions against any head of a Federal Government agency indicted for financial infractions in the report submitted to the National Assembly by the Auditor-General for the Federation.

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Legislative Compliance, Senator Garba Madoki, gave the warning at a one-day roundtable workshop in Abuja.

Madoki lamented the rate at which heads of the MDAs have been shunning Senate summons and warned that further disregard for the resolutions of the red chamber would no longer be tolerated.

senatordave1:
Continue blabbing shamelessly like obj

Richtaiwo:
I don't know. How many are they? But Ohaneze said 1.3m narcotics dealers from a tribe we all know are currently waiting the hangman's noose in India. Ohaneze can continue to beg for their release, but the criminal pigs will be guillotined, no 2 ways about it.

Richtaiwo:
Ohaneze said over 1.3m narcotics dealers are in Indian prisons. Even a goat knows which tribe they come from. So go and argue with goats.

Richtaiwo:
If there is anyone in your entire clan and tribe that has achieved one fifth of what Tinubu has achieved, you won't be hating on him unnecessarily. So fvck off.

Richtaiwo:
I have achieved what no one in your family can dream of in the next decade.

senatordave1:
Tinubu is Nigeria's greatest politician boy

Richtaiwo:
Pandora obifraud will never be Nigeria president. Kill yourselves.

senatordave1:
Oga, I am talking of politics,pure politics not morality or service years... Obj is a coup plotter which is a criminal and treasonable offence worse than drug trafficking( though tinubu never engaged in it)

Richtaiwo:
Whoever told this packaged fraud real Nigerians actually give a rat ass about his aspiration. Yes, Tinubu has disappointed and indeed fallen far short of expectation. But for this incompetent clown to be thinking Nigerians now prefer him ahead of Tinubu is very amusing.

The question him and his unintelligent followers always run away from is his stewardship in Anambra. What did he do in Anambra that made him think he is even qualified to be Nigeria's president? Because, sentiment aside, what exactly qualify him to be president. I mean something spectacular when he was a governor.

senatordave1:
Tinubu fought his way to the presidency, installed a President. Obj was made a president twice on a platter. Outside power, obj is useless