Subsidy payment: FG sacks Akintola Williams, Olusola Adekanola firms

For some commentates having read this said Sacking this two firms is just one step forward based on their actions, but regulating agencies to get back to the drawing board to review and resurrect their codes of practice, their ethics and anti-corruption guidelines so that they can fully lead the nation out of this culture of corruption that has left this country a battered economy and a failed nation with lost dreams.

Let the professionals call their members to order and ensure no more cover up. Every true professional should now be a whistle blower were he is practicing.

Well said don’t you think the FG should adopt this method?

The Federal Government weekend sacked the accounting and auditing firms of Akintola Williams & Co and Adekanola & Co, following the slipshod in effectively certifying documentation on behalf on the government.
The statement from the Ministry of finance reads:

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“Concerned about the management of the subsidy regime, the Federal Ministry of Finance has for the last two months been reviewing aspects of the implementation of the subsidy regime related to its functions.
The review has produced a lot of useful details on what was wrong with the system and what needs to be done to ensure improvement going forward. The review process kicked off in February when the ministry and relevant government agencies held a meeting with bankers and marketers at the instance of President Goodluck Jonathan.

 This was followed by a subsequent session with the accounting and auditing firms to re-evaluate their work. Based on the review, the Ministry has taken the following steps:
• The services of the audit and accounting firms responsible for certifying the documents and claims of marketers before payment have been terminated. The companies are Akintola Williams and Co and Adekanola and Co.
• The Ministry has established a committee made up of credible and experienced persons from the private and public sector with strong technical component under the chairmanship of Mr. Aigboje Imoukuede to examine the claims of payment arrears for 2011 currently being made by marketers. This is to ensure that only genuine claims are honoured.
• The ministry is also finalising a new and more effective system to replace the current arrangement and, in this regard, a second committee has been set up to propose a good way to forward. Based on other outcomes of the review, the ministry will take further actions as necessary.

 Source Vanguard