Kwara state PDP on Saturday accused the Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq administration of hiring an audit firm that had become dormant and inactive to carry out forensic audit of the state accounts between 2011 and 2019 calling this ‘another unfortunate shady transaction perpetuated by the Kwara state APC party regime’.
The party in a statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com by its Publicity Secretary, Hon Tunji Morounfoye said inquiries made at the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) showed that the audit firm that claimed to have carried out the audit exercise is ‘inactive’ and ‘dormant’ , and therefore doubted the authenticity of the forensic audit report submitted to the governor by the firm a few days ago.
‘According to the outcome of inquiries made at the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), it was discovered that the audit firm purportedly ‘hired’ by the incompetent and mediocre regime, ‘SSAC Advisory and Professional limited’, is an inactive or dormant firm.
This is according to a CAC signed report. Simply put; the company has not been making returns, declaring its income or paying any taxes.
This is the same firm that the Mal. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq regime, purportedly hired to carry out a ‘forensic audit’ for Kwara state.
Following the evidence, we hereby put it to the Mal. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq- led APC party regime that there was no forensic audit exercise carried out between 2011 and 2019 as claimed by the regime. Also, only a mentally incapacitated person with no sense of awareness will fall for the obviously made up phantom report brandished as a report of forensic audit by an inactive or dormant consultancy firm, in this case, SSAC Advisory and Professional limited’ the party said.
Kwara state PDP has also asked the state government to publish online and offline the contract papers and charges paid for the services of the said firm.
‘It is pertinent to remind Kwarans that an external auditor doesn’t have the legal authority to audit state accounts. Such powers rest with the Kwara State Auditor General, who is empowered by law to carry out an audit exercise. Having fired, albeit unceremoniously, the state Auditor General for daring to challenge the regime over the missing sum of Billion Naira (N6B) which was neither receipted nor retired, one can see why the illegality- prone regime of Mal. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq decided to tread this path.
We will also like to remind Kwarans about the 35 transformers contract scam at the Kwara state Ministry of Energy where a contractor made away with the sum of one hundred and thirty eight million Naira (N138M) for over 15 months without obtaining a Bank Guarantee.
We may also need to be reminded that the contractor was paid before signing the contract papers, but perhaps Kwarans already know that the emperor is naked, and they look forward to letting him know in 2023 that we are not a conquered people and our state is not a personal estate to be plundered at will.
God bless Kwara and Kwarans. Amen’ the party added.
A forensic audit report submitted to Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq in Ilorin a few days ago, had accused the Abdulfatah Ahmed administration of siphoning off N11.9 billion belonging to the state government.
The forensic audit report had noted that this was done between 2011 and 2019 without any lawful tie to any project or programme adding that there were ‘other mind-boggling revelations of alleged malfeasance within the period-Team@orientactualmags.com
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