EFCC Boss, Abdulrasheed Bawa
By Our Reporter
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it is currently investigating two ministries where double payments were made for the same contracts.
The EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, confirmed this, adding that one of the federal ministries was involved in 20 contract frauds running into N4billion.
Bawa disclosed this at the headquarters of the commission during an interview with Daily Trust.
However, the chairman did not mention the ministries involved.
He said, “Currently, we’re investigating two ministries where double payments were made. In one of the ministries, the double payments, cumulatively, were about 20 contracts of over N4bn.
“These were contracts that were done way back 2018, and then some group of people, so bold, came up with the same narration.
“They moved the documents from the file, forged them, and then of course in conspiracy with some civil servants, raised vouchers and pay. How can that happen if we have digitized procurement processes?”
