Ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government, alongside the Presidency, spent at least N1.99 billion on foreign trips, training and estacodes in France between May 2023 and September 2024, according to the PUNCH report. The findings are based on an analysis of data from GovSpend, a transparency platform by BudgIT that tracks public expenditure. The funds covered airfare, …

A report by the Auditor-General of the Federation has exposed irregular payments for contracts totalling over N197.72 billion across various ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs), raising serious concerns about systemic lapses in financial compliance and procurement processes. The findings, which are detailed in the Auditor-General’s Annual Report on Non-Compliance and Internal Control Weaknesses, cover activities between 2020 and 2021. They …

The Chairman of Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu has lamented that, despite efforts by the anti-graft agency, budget padding and contract scams remain threats to Zonal Intervention Projects (ZIPs), popularly referred to as Constituency Projects. During a radio town hall meeting on constituency projects, organised by the Progressive Impact Organisation for Community …

The Federal Ministry of Finance has recovered over N57 billion from the N5.2 trillion debts owed by ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to the Federal Government. The Director of Special Projects, Federal Ministry of Finance, Aisha Omar, disclosed this in Enugu on Tuesday, during a one-day workshop on the Federal Government Debt Recovery Drive, through the Project Lighthouse Programme for …

The House of Representatives, on Thursday, directed the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), to recover all taxes totalling over N5.19 trillion owed the Federal Government by ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), oil companies as well as individuals. The resolution followed the adoption of a motion by the member representing Oredo Federal Constituency of Edo State, Esosa Iyawe. Iyawe’s motion was …

President Bola Tinubu has been urged to extend enquiry into all government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) indicted for paying over N159 billion public funds into private accounts in violation of financial transparency laws. The call is coming on the heels of a recent investigative report by Premium Times and data published by Govspend, a platform tracking government spending, which …

President Bola Tinubu has ordered the full implementation of the Stephen Oronsaye report.⁣ ⁣As a result, the Federal Government announced the merging, subsuming, scraping and relocation of several agencies of government. ⁣ The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mallam Mohammed Idris revealed this to State House Correspondents after Monday’s Federal Executive Council meeting at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked the Presidency, the Federal Judicial Commission, and other Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs), to submit their anti-corruption strategies, as part of the agency’s efforts to stop the abuse of contracts. All the MDAs have until 1 March to submit their strategies to the anti-graft agency. The directive was contained in separate …

The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee is set to probe 256 Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) that overshot their overhead budgetary provision for the year 2020 totalling the sum of N284.3 billion. The Bamidele Salam-led Committee arrived at the resolution during an interaction in Abuja on Friday with the Accountant General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein, and the …

Imo State governor, Hope Uzodimma, has warned ministries, departments and agencies of government whose personnel are allegedly involved in extorting members of the public and abusing the collection of government revenue, saying the hammer will fall on them without notice. The governor noted that reports from ministries, departments and agencies of government over continued harassment of hapless members of the …