BREAKING: Less Than 48 Hours After Her Support For Atiku, EFCC Set To Arrest And Lock Up Minister Of Women Affairs, Alhassan Aisha

BREAKING:  Less Than 48 Hours After Her Support For Atiku, EFCC Set To Arrest And Lock Up Minister Of Women Affairs, Alhassan Aisha

Report reaching Gistlover.com, revealed that Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, may arrest the embattled Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan, any moment from now, over a newly discovered multi-million naira scandal.

According to report from the Office of the Auditor-General, payments totalling N11,700,000, were made by the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs to enable the Minister, and some other staff members embark on ‘familiarisation visits’ to unnamed skill acquisition centres in selected States, in 2015.

“Audit investigation established that the purported acclaimed appraisal visits to skill acquisition centres were never undertaken.”

Details of the report further show irregularities in payment processes, record keeping, and dating of the said visits.

The Audit Committee observed that: “All the attached receipts for fueling did not indicate quantity in litres, the rate per litre, dates of purchase, and vehicle number of the fueled vehicles.

“The International hotel receipt of 23/11/15, which was issued for the hiring of a mini-bus from a hotel to unnamed project sites, rendered the receipts doubtful.

“Hiring of cars to project sites at ridiculous rates of between N75,000.00 and N77,000.00 for two days as appeared on receipts numbers 910 of 22/11/15, 107 of 24/11/15, 0416 of 27/11/15, 531 of 25/11/15, is contrary to exercise of the due economy, in line with the provision of Financial Regulation 415.

“More worrisome is the date which appeared on some of the receipts. Reports of the investigation by the Audit Committee, revealed that part of the expenses for the verification visits was made on the day Mrs. Alhassan was sworn-in.

“Receipt number 5206 of 11/11/2015, the date the Minister was sworn-in by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and receipt number 11622 of 8th of November, 2015 with amount N100,000.00 respectively, are not clear. The two receipts were for servicing of a vehicle two times within 3 days,” the report noted.

Following these irregularities and in the absence of any justifiable defence, the Auditor-General has mandated the Ministry to refund the N11,700,000 to the Federation Account.

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