Govt recovers N7.8b, $378m through Whistle-blower’s policy
He also said the Federal Government met no savings in the accounts when the Buhari administration came on board. Osinbajo spoke at the opening of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Week holding at the Nigerian Air Force Headquarters, Abuja.
According to him, the Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit (PICA), which oversees the Whistleblower’s Policy in the Ministry of Finance, has helped the government to save over N200 billion by eliminating ghost workers. PICA was established to clean up the payroll and pension system across all the ministries, departments and agencies.
Osinbajo said the government had included
recovered assets in the country’s annual budget since 2017 and invested them in
infrastructure as well as in the Social Investment Programme.
“All funds forfeited to the Federal Government are
being included in our yearly budget proposals, for appropriation by the
National Assembly,” he stated.
According to him, an executive bill has been sent
to the National Assembly for the purpose of enacting a more comprehensive
legislation on proceeds of crime.
Osinbajo said the Nigerian government was
leveraging technology in a way that it had not been done before to
underpin President Buhari’s commitment
to transparent and accountable governance.
He said: “Nigeria’s experience has shown that
technology and innovation tools as well as social media platforms are changing
the ways in which citizens engage with government, and empowering citizens and
non-state actors to take a more active role in holding government to account.”
Osinbajo also said that the measures taken by the
government to fight corruption since the inception of the administration in May
2015 included the implementation of the Single Treasury Account (TSA) “that
existed mainly as an idea, without the appetite for serious implementation” and
the establishment of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (
PACAC).
The Nation
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