The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has discovered that it is currently investigating two ministries where double payments were made for the same contracts.
This was confirmed by the EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, who stated that one of the federal ministries was involved in 20 contract frauds running into N4billion.
Bawa disclosed this at the headquarters of the commission during an interview with Daily Trust.
Withholding the name of the ministries involved, the chairman said, “Currently, we’re investigating two ministries where double payments were made. In one of the ministries, the double payments, cumulatively, were about 20 contracts of over N4bn.
“These were contracts that were done way back 2018, and then some group of people, so bold, came up with the same narration.
“They moved the documents from the file, forged them, and then of course in conspiracy with some civil servants, raised vouchers and pay. How can that happen if we have digitized procurement processes?”
There have been several revenue leaks under the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration despite its so-called anti-corruption fight.
It was gathered that in October 2022 the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) called on Buhari to “direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to promptly and thoroughly investigate the spending of the Ecological Fund by governments at all levels—federal, state, and local governments—from 2001 to date.”
