The Auditor-General for the Federation has uncovered contract and procurement irregularities valued at N124.12bn across several Federal Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies.

🇳🇬 Here's What Happened

The infractions ranged from irregular contract awards and violations of procurement due process to payments for jobs and contracts that were not executed or were not properly executed.

The findings were contained in the Auditor-General for the Federation’s 2024 Annual Report on Non-Compliance/Internal Control Weaknesses in MDAs of the Federal Government for the year ended December 31, 2024.

The report, dated July 17, 2026, was transmitted to the National Assembly in accordance with constitutional provisions governing the audit of public accounts.

📌 Key Details

An analysis by Sunday PUNCH of three contract-related findings in the report showed that N76.96bn was linked to irregularities in the award of contracts, N19.91bn involved contracts awarded in violation of due process, while another N27.25bn was paid for jobs or contracts that were not executed or were not properly executed.

The biggest component was the N76.96bn identified as irregularities in the award of contracts by 29 MDAs.

The Auditor-General cited Paragraph 2921(i) of the Financial Regulations 2009, which provides that, except where exempted under the Procurement Act, procurement of goods, works and services should be conducted through open competitive bidding.

The regulation also requires contractors and suppliers to be subjected to the same conditions, including uniform bid submission formats, deadlines and predetermined evaluation criteria.

“The sum of N76,958,057,980.52 was the amount of irregularities in the award of contracts by 29 Ministries, Departments and Agencies,” the report stated.

The National Population Commission accounted for the highest amount, with N10.97bn worth of contracts flagged under the category. At the other end, the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development recorded the lowest amount of N5.91m.

📰 Source: Punch Nigeria