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| Finance Min. Kemi Adeosun |
The
Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has ordered an investigation into the
payrolls of the Air Force, the Navy and the Army by the Continuous Audit Team
of the Federal Government.
This
was followed by revelations in the course of the trial of the former Chief of
Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh, at the Federal High Court, Abuja, that
the sum of N558.2 million was allegedly diverted monthly from the Nigeria Air
Force account into private pockets.
A
statement from the ministry signed by Salisu Na’Inna Dambatta, Director
(Information) of the ministry said “the Continuous Audit team has been charged
with the responsibility of scrutinizing the payrolls of the three services,
which have not yet been put on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information
System (IPPIS), to ensure that all possible loopholes that could lead to
leakages were blocked.”