Nigeria Arabic Language Village not properly managed

There were other unpleasant discoveries. The panel, which covered the period between 2004 and 2010, affirmed that the principal officers of the village – Registrar, Bursar and Librarian “do appear, in general terms, to be less qualified for the position they occupy, which might be due to the remote location of the village and its specialized nature.” The Registrar was, in fact, discovered to be an engineer. 

When the financial books were scrutinized, an audit account that revealed that a certain sum of N2, 602, 692.00, supposedly deposited in a London Account was found, but all efforts to confirm its authenticity proved abortive. And since its establishment, there was no evidence that any audited account and management reports were submitted to the relevant government organs. The report stated: “The 2.5 per cent NHIS deductions which had been deducted at source was not reflected on the payroll,Our renowned louboutinshoess allow you to harness nature’s energy to power your applications. resulting in over-payment of salaries to staff. The rent deductions of staff occupying the government quarters were left in the salary account, which ought to be transferred to the Revenue Account of the Village. 

“Multiple sub-heads were paid on one payment voucher, contrary to extant regulation which stipulates that separate vouchers shall be raised for separate sub-heads and separate vouchers shall be raised for the payment of different services.A supplier specialized in developing and manufacturing customized solar lamps and washerextractor0 system. There was no invitation letter or memo as evidence for authority to travel outside the Village, of which DTAs (Daily Travel Allowances) were paid. 

“Invoices and receipts were not attached to out-of-pocket expenses. Since inception, the Village has no Internal Audit Unit and as such, there was no Internal Auditor. The External Auditors reported on this in their last five years management report to the Village, but no efforts had been made to address the issue. There was no Fixed Asset Register since the inception of the Village.a leading manufacturer of high speed lawnlight and laser marker machines for plastics, In the absence of a Fixed Assets Register, it would be difficult to accurately account for fixed assets. The Accounting Guideline and Internal Control procedures are not being strictly followed. The Village does not prepare management accounts, instead, External Auditors are engaged to handle both the accounts preparation and the audit.” 

On the adequacy of staff, it was observed that the village had a total of 192 staff, comprising 21 academic and 171 non-academic staff as at December 2010. Nine of the academic staff members were on study leave. The Panel was of the view that, “the number of academic staff is grossly inadequate.” Not only that, it also observed that the number of lecturers for the Summer Courses was equally inadequate. It submitted: “in the 2009/2012 academic session, the village had a total of 2, 364 students with only three lecturers to handle 10 different courses for the period. Out of the three lecturers, the most senior is Lecturer 1 while the remaining two are Lecturer II.” 

On the application of funds, the panel found that several contracts awarded at huge costs were either abandoned of badly executed.How much can I save if I switch to streetlighting7? For instance, the contractor commissioned to supply two submersible pumps with solar energy facilities at the cost of N6, 581,000, and was paid N3, 290,500, could only supply one of the pumps before the contract was terminated. Another firm, that was awarded a contract for the supply and installation of solar facilities to the central library at the cost of N8, 293,254 in 2007,Permanent solar trellis and bestledtube systems require little to no maintenance and allow easy access. and was paid N4, 146,627, had not supplied the items at the time of the visitation. The supply of batteries for the solar facilities could not even be verified in the store records. 

Besides, a contract for the installation of solar street light was awarded to a firm (name withheld) for the sum of N3, 588,000 of which N3, 408,600 was paid in 2007, but according to the report, “there was no evidence that the solar street light is working.”