10 reasons why President Buhari Must Act on Corruption in MDAs

-



1. MDAs forces people to be corrupt
The most corrupt and terrible places for corruption in Nigeria are the federal ministries, departments and agencies. A simple transaction that should take a day or two, could take several months if you do not go around to ‘see’ those who should move file from one desk to the other. #BuhariMustAct to stop it

2. MDAs waste govt resources on bogus projects
Nigerian Ministries, Agencies and Departments, MDAs, waste an estimated N37.8 billion due to bogus and failed IT projects. Most agencies of government see projects as the easiest way to steal government money. About 90 per cent of MDAs’ IT projects fail annually while the remaining 10 said to be successfully implemented does not deliver any value for money for the government. #BuhariMustAct

3. The racket of ghost workers
Federal Government lost more than N120Billion annually on ghost workers. The figure will definitely increase as government continues to unravel more ghost workers buried deep in Federal Civil Service payrolls. Those responsible for these shaddy deals have not been prosecuted. #BuhariMustAct

4. Inflation of contracts
Bureau for Public Procurement (BPP) connived with heads of MDAs and private contractors to inflate contracts, to the detriment of the Federal Government. Monumental corruption is going on in the BPP. That is where we have the contracts that are supposed to be awarded at N20 million, but awarded at N200 million. Procurement is responsible for over 70 percent of corruption in Nigeria. To get the fight against corruption right, we must also get our procurement very correct. BPP is failing to perform mandatory post-procurement audit and corrupt issuance of certificate of no objection. #BuhariMustAct to stop it

5. Fraud and Stealing from the sick
The insurance companies and the MDAs regularly connived to defraud the Federal Government yearly in insurance premiums - running into billions of naira. While most insurance firms receive premiums in excess of the amount due to them from the MDAs, the heads of MDAs later retrieve the overpaid premiums and convert them to private use. #BuhariMustAct to stop it

6. Over N2 trillion unremitted funds
Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) have failed to remit about 2 trillion naira into federal government coffers. Information from the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation shows that, all Federal Governments Statutory Corporations, Commissions, Authorities and Agencies mostly do not submit their annual accounts and audited reports. This is in violation of the provisions of Section 85 (3) of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria”#BuhariMustAct

7. Budget Padding
The source of every corrupt practice in public institutions starts from the budget. The fiscal document is prepared to include corrupt tendencies and unassuming figures that are hardly detected by the management of an organization who are the sole recipients of the corrupt proceeds. These are evident in the budgets of ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) in Nigeria; for instance, MDAs always budget for medical expenses for their staff despite being covered under National Health Insurance Scheme social contribution services. #BuhariMustAct

8. Secret Recruitment
Millions of Nigerian men and women are denied equal opportunities in recruitment's. Illegal recruitment into the Federal Civil Service, the catalyst of bloated wage bills and recurrent expenditures, is still flourishing. From CBN, SSS, FRSC, NNPC and others, illegal and secret recruitment continue to take place. #BuhariMustAct to stop it

9. Tool in the hand of politicians
No corrupt politicians could embezzle money without involving public officials, especially in the MDAs and parastatals. They are the catalyst to massive looting and mismanagement of public resources. #BuhariMustAct

10. Failure in MDG and budget implementation
Massive corruption in various ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) are the main reasons Nigeria could not achieve her Millennium Development Goals (MDG) targets. It is also the reason why we have contentiously failed to implement our budgets. MDAs such as the health ministry, water resources ministry and the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) mismanaged hundreds of billions of naira meant to specifically help Nigeria achieve the MDG targets. #BuhariMustACt

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

5 facts about O TO GE slogan and the collapse of Saraki's dynasty

-
Image
Kwara Must Change 1. Alh. LAK Jimoh was the first politician in modern history of Kwara state to use the O TO GE slogan in a campaign. O TO GE simply means, Enough is Enough.  Alhaji Jimoh first used the slogan in 2011 when he was contesting the Kwara Central Senatorial seat under the People's Democratic Party (PDP). Bukola Saraki eventually won the ticket and went ahead to represent Kwara Central at the Senate.  While the slogan wasn't popular at the time, there's no taking away the fact that Alh LAK Jimoh used it first and could be rightly credited to be the originator. 2. 8 years later, the slogan idea was pitched again in 2018 immediately after the All Progressive Congress primary election in Kwara State. After the APC primary election, Islamic singer, Aminat Obirere produced a song titled o to ge as part of a joint album coordinated by Kwara Must Change to promote the candidature of APC governorship candidate, Alh. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq. The album itself was titled
Read more

Brave lady quites her job because her boss persistently calls her sweetie

-
Image
A lady, who goes by the name Sarah Mcgovern on social network site Facebook, has quite her job over what she described as harassment and persistently being refereed to as sweetie by her boss. Sarah took to Facebook on December 7th 2017 to narrate her experience. She wrote: I don't post many deeply personal things online, but I want to share this. I quit my job about a month ago because of harassment. Below is my letter of resignation. I think it's important to share this truth, and to know that many of us will not tolerate the abuse. We can and should walk out. #metoo "Hi Elias, This is my letter of resignation, effective today, October 31, 2017, my last partial day of employment. Since the second day of my employment, on October 12, 2017, I have asked you not to call me "Sweetie." I have asked you not to call me Sweetie more than 5 times since then, and you have still not respected this request. I nearly walked out because of this last Tuesday, Oc
Read more

CONSTITUENCY PROJECTS AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROCESS: THREAT OR OPPORTUNITY? BY JAYE GASKIA

-
Image
Fourteen years after the practice and phenomenon of Constituency projects began to evolve in the legislative practice and appropriation process of the 4th Republic, the phenomenon has grown to become pervasive across the Federation with both Federal and state legislatures now fully embracing the practice. Yet, nearly a decade and half on, there is still no clarity regarding the practice, with respect to any form of agreed framework guiding its implementation. There is, as of the moment of writing this piece in 2018, no policy, legislative nor institutional framework underlying and providing not only pragmatic, but also scientific criteria and parameter for determining the why, how, and where of constituency projects. And even though there are currently draft bills being considered by both chambers of the National Assembly [NASS] aimed at providing a regulatory framework for the practice, the bills have nevertheless remained stuck within the opaque labyrinth of the legislative proce
Read more

2019 Election: FPP condemn reckless remarks by political parties and foreign interests

-
........ call on Nigerians to trust INEC An independent Non Governmental Organisation, Foundation for Peace Professionals (FPP) has called on the Nigerian people to have faith in their country & give chance to Government Institutions like Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), being the Nigerian electoral body to finish up what its started. The elections cannot be concluded if announcement of Presidential election results cannot be made. The organisation frowned at reckless statements coming from political parties, organisations and foreign  individuals aimed at heating up the polity just to pitch Nigerians against each other. In a statement issued by the Executive Director, Abdulrazaq Hamzat, FPP stated that after the successful conduct of the 2019 general election, the two leading political parties in Nigeria have been raising false alarms without basis. According to Hamzat, "the baseless and unsubstantiated alarms being raised by the ruling All Progress
Read more

IBB had no respect for sycophants - Col. Abubakar Dangiwa (Part 2)

-
Image
The Col. Abubakar Dangiwa Umar story (part two) "My relationship with General Babangida" “I had on several occasions in the past explained why I enjoy a very close relationship with IBB. IBB was my instructor at the Nigerian Defence Academy. Since then, I found him to be a very brilliant and inspiring officer. In fact, he had great influence on my career choice of the armoured corps, being an amour officer himself. Of course, we had disagreements, some of them quite straining, but they have not succeeded m changing my perception of him. This is true with most officers who worked closely with the man. With all this, I had never allowed such a close personal relationship to becloud my vision and judgment of his performance as a superior officer, particularly during his eight‑year rule as President and C‑in‑C. Mr. Edwin Madunagu, a man I have high regards for as an accomplished intellectual and a socially concerned person, confirmed what I have always suspected that most ou
Read more

Kwara Must Change unveil list of Offa robbery victims, urges govt to immortalize them

-
Image
Victim Kwara Must Change has compiled at least, 14 names of victims murdered in the deadly armed robbery attack that took place in Offa Community, Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State. The names gathered so far include 10 police officers and 4 civilians. However, we shall continue to update the list as we gather more details. It would be recalled that on 5th April 2018, a deadly armed robbery attack took place in Offa Local government Area of Kwara State, in which several innocent lives were lost. While several figures were claimed by police and several media houses, Vigilance Group of Nigeria in Offa said vigilantes in the state counted about 50 dead bodies after armed robbers attacked and robbed five banks. It was on this basis that Kwara Must Change has set out to preserve the memory of the victims, through compiling and documenting their names, not only to ascertain the figure, but to also immortalize them. We believe that only by documenting the names of the victims, wi
Read more

What Drake has in common with Davido

-
Image
If you have been following the American hip hop scene lately, you must have heard about the beef between Drake and Pusha T, the President of kanye West Good Music. On Friday, Pusha T dropped Daytona, a 21-minute album currently making wave in America. Closing out the album’s seven-track run was “Infrared,” a lyrical track addressing the dubious artistry of Drake, a longtime thorn in Push’s side. On the infrared track, Pusha T slammed Drake once again for using ghost writer and many others. In the usual Drake manner, the God’s Plan hit maker fired back with a track titled “Duppy Freestyle”—released less than 24 hours after Pusha T’s album dropped, where he dispensed the grievances about his history with ghostwriting. Drake went further to drag Kanye West into the rap battle, saying he had once assisted Kanye on a track, a collaboration well aknowleded by Mr. West. In the Drake’s response, he also dragged the name of Pusha T’s wife into the battle and all hell let loose.
Read more