Foreign Affairs Ministry Under Fire for Financial Irregularities
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has come under intense scrutiny before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) over a litany of financial infractions. Allegations include unearned salaries, improperly issued imprests, missing electronics, and embezzlement—raising questions about accountability and financial governance within the Ministry. Unearned Salaries and Improper Imprests According to the Auditor-General’s report, three Foreign Service Officers stationed in Abuja received salaries they were not owed, while at the Ankara mission, 19 personnel—including a former head of mission—were improperly issued imprests totaling €16,226, which has since been repaid The PAC also flagged the unaccounted expenditure of $5,800 by Mrs. Esther Dzifa-Ofori, the former Head of Mission in Malabo. The funds, purportedly spent on a MacBook Air laptop and three Samsung S10 phones, remain untraced. Ambassador Ramses J. Cleland, the Ministry’s Chief Director, informed the Committee that he has reached out to […]