Vanguard· 1h ago· 1 min read
***Says in almost 100 years of Federal Civil Service, situation as this has never happened
***Accountant-General’s office admits lapses, blames individual officer for letter diversion
By Gift Odekina
ABUJA — Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, HCSF, Mrs. Esther Didi Walson-Jack, yesterday admitted before the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating alleged creation of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council, PEAC, and the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council, PFIPC, without legal backing that her office failed to carry out adequate due diligence before issuing key approvals.
This is even as the committee said it uncovered what it described as a web of forged documents used to secure government approvals. Appearing before the committee, Walson-Jack acknowledged that her office relied on documents later discovered to be fake in granting…
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