THE Akwa Ibom state government has said that the fraud, inflation of contracts and extra – budgetary expenses spotted in its Accountant General's annual report and audited statements of the state for 2019 were caused by “coding errors”.
THE Akwa Ibom State Government this year released the Account General's annual report and audited financial statements for 2019. A thorough analysis of the report reveals that the offices of the State Governor and the Secretary to the State Government made several questionable and extra budgetary expenses in 2019. These bizarre expenses were incurred on cars, aircraft maintenance, fuel, government special projects and governor's hospitality exceed 10 billion naira.
