Nigeria, Dec. 11 -- The Auditor General of the Federation has faulted the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, (MOUAU), Abia State, for spending N64 million on Christmas and Sallah Gifts in 2021.

While the Auditor-General didn't specify the names or number of staff who benefitted from the 'gifts', it noted that the university disbursed the funds in nine payments between February and December 2021. The payments totalled N64,020,310.00.

This is one of 32 financial violations committed by the MOUAU between 2021 and 2021, according to the Auditor General's annual report recently submitted to the National Assembly.

Other violations include the university's failure to remit over N578 million in Internally Generated Revenue (IGR...