Exclusive@ITRealms:
The Federal Government
(FG) has said it received a total of 282 tips from whistle blowers on various
corrupt practices, especially with the aid of Information and Communication
Technology (ICT), for the week ending March 24, 2017, reports ITRealms.
The government, ITRealms gathered received tips from whistle blowers from across telephone calls, Short
Messaging Service (SMS), website and electronic mails (emails).
The use of the whistle
blower website, www.whistle.finance.gov.ng, ITRealms gathered top the list of ICT tools
deployed for this whistle blower initiative with a record of 95 tips.
This was followed by
tips received through the Short Messaging Service (SMS) recorded 87 clues;
while emails received on whistle@finance.gov.ng within this given period as tips was 51 and
phone calls recorded 49 tips on its 09098067946.
Confirming this, the
Special Adviser on Media to Honourable Minister of Finance, Festus Akanbi
noted that since the platforms were opened there have been a total of 2,251
communications received.
In addition, he said
that the website received 95 web-based communications that was received by the
initiative. Just as 1,550 phone calls was received; 412 SMSes and 194 emails
were received respectively.
He also said that the
actionable tips received was 154 and some of them worth the while include 22
item lines with contract Inflation and conversion of government assets to
personal use, topping the list, followed by subject of ghost workers, payment
of unapproved funds, outright embezzlement of salaries of terminated personnel
, improper reduction of financial penalties, diversion of funds meant for
distribution to a particular group of people (farmers).
Equally, the Ministry
said there have been diversion of funds to personal commercial Bank Accounts to
earn interest; non-Remittance of pension & NHIS deductions, failure to
Implement projects for which funds have been provided, embezzlement of funds
received from donor agencies, embezzlement of funds meant for payment of
Personnel emoluments, and violation of Treasury Single Account (TSA)
regulations by keeping funds in commercial banks, as well as violation of FIRS
(VAT) regulation by adjusting Value Added Tax payment to name but a few.
Chuks Egbune/GEE
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