THE Federal Government has received the report of the seven-man Audit Panel inaugurated on May 2, 2017, to audit the utilization of the take-off grants to the 12 New Universities established by the previous administration of President Goodluck Jonathan. Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu speaking while receiving the report in his office on Tuesday in Abuja commended the members of the panel for their dedication and diligence in completing the task within the short period. Speaking earlier, the Chairman of the Audit Panel, Prof Olufemi Bamiro, briefed the Minister on the Modus Operandi the panel adopted, noting that the report was in two parts- main report and individual institution’s report. On the contracts awarded Prof Bamiro stated that the panel observed that extant guidelines by the Public Procurement Act (PPA) were followed in most cases, while there were also a few cases of deviations. He thanked the Minister for the opportunity given to the members of the panel to serve their fatherland and urged him to look critically into the specific observations and recommendations in the Reports.

Source: Nigerian Tribune November 21, 2017 17:11 UTC