Auditors uncover payroll fraud in PAP
Spayments, insisting that the TRATEGIC new management of PAP is Communication poised to reposition the Committee ( SCC) of the scheme for optimum perPresidential Amnesty formance.
Programme ( PAP) has disDumale said following the clos ed that external and development, the Interim internal auditors recently Administrator, Maj.- Gen. uncovered payroll fraud in Barry Ndiomu ( rtd), immedithe amnesty office. ately initiated verification of Speaking at the weekend in all beneficiaries of the proYenagoa, Bayelsa State, the gramme as part of the ongoSCC, led by its Chairman and ing investigation. ex- agitator, Nature Dumale He explained that the audit Kieghe, said it was discov - and efforts of Ndiomu to ered that an individual was clean the payroll was the reareceiving stipends of 33 person some beneficiaries of the sons through fraudulent programme had yet to means. receive their monthly
He also said about 513 perstipends, adding that all sons were linked to multiple affected and genuine outstanding stipends would be paid after verifications. Describing Ndiomu’s efforts as proactive, Dumale said upon assumption of office, the amnesty boss renegotiated all existing contracts with vendors and in the process saved N1.5bn for PAP.
He said: “Ndiomu initiated internal and external audit of PAP’S database. The auditors uncovered monumental fraud, especially in the payment of stipends where an individual is receiving stipends meant for 33 persons through fraudulent means.
“The proactive interim administrator has ordered immediate verification of all delegates to be carried out next week. Delegates are to be rest assured that whoever that is verified will be paid immediately.”
Dumale said Ndiomu had concluded plans to set up cooperatives to be managed by ex- agitators and supervised by consultants and experts in grant management.
He noted that five months after his appointment, Ndiomu had replaced the Train, Employ and Mentor ( TEM) model with the Train, Empower and Exit ( TEE) to allow empowered beneficiaries to exit the programme.