Senators fume as NNPC, FIRS, police, others refuse to explain illegal spending

Senators fume as NNPC, FIRS, police, others refuse to explain illegal spending

The Senate Committee on Public Accounts has said some ministries, departments and agencies of the federal government have yet to provide explanations on observations raised against their financial records in the 2019 audit report. Chairman of the Committee, Aliyu Wadada (SDP, Nasarawa West), disclosed this to journalists on Tuesday. Mr Wadada said the agencies refused … Read more

Chinese counties took 2 billion yuan from rural school meal subsidies to ‘settle local debt’

Chinese counties took 2 billion yuan from rural school meal subsidies to ‘settle local debt’

More than 100 counties were involved in the wrongdoing, the report found. In 66 counties, nearly 2 billion yuan in all were directly misappropriated to settle government debts and basic social insurance. In 41 others, a total of 270 million yuan was siphoned off by lowering meal standards or fabricating purchases across 1,533 schools, the … Read more