Nigeria, Dec. 16 -- The Auditor-General of the Federation has detailed how the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU), in Abia State, committed financial violations amounting to N6.5 billion between 2021 and 2022.

The report, submitted to the National Assembly and released in September, revealed that the university made N5.9 billion in questionable payments, including the award of contracts above the threshold, unapproved payments, circumvention of procurement procedures, and payments for projects that were not executed.

The report also noted that the university failed to remit over N578 million Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) to the federal government's Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF).

Some of the violations list...