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ACC to probe home affairs` foreign bank accounts

Source: The Namibian, 16/04/2018


THE Anti-Corruption Commission says it will conduct a thorough
investigation into foreign bank accounts of the home affairs ministry
into which money was paid, but remained unaccounted for.
This was announced after The Namibian reported last week that home
affairs could not account for over N$16,7 million transferred into
five bank accounts in foreign countries during the 2016/17 financial
year.

The Namibian reported that ministry officials had been transferring
funds into bank accounts abroad, meant for “the cost of living
allowances” for attaches in five countries, but failed to account for
such funds, saying they had no control over the accounts.

The funds were deposited into two bank accounts in China which had
closing balances of over US$186 000 and CNY4,39 million (Chinese
yuan), or a combined N$10,7 million.

Two accounts in Germany had a combined balance of over €350 000 or
N$5,2 million at the end of the 2016/17 financial year, while another
account in Nigeria had a balance of over 20 million naira, or N$683
000.

The ministry also could not account for about N$200 000 transferred
into a bank account in South Africa.

Altogether, the money in the accounts amounted to over N$16,7 million
of state funds which were unaccounted for at the end of the 2016/17
financial year.

During the same financial year, the ministry did not account for
revenue received for visa and permit applications through its
attachés in foreign countries.

The ministry`s audited report states that the funds received were
deposited and kept in the attaches` bank accounts, and did not
reflect on the ministry`s books.

The money collected through visa and permit fees in Germany, Angola,
South Africa, China and Nigeria amounted to about N$2,5 million.

Responding to the auditors` comments, home affairs had indicated that
the bank accounts were managed by the international relations
ministry, which also failed to disclose them in their financial
statements.

In a statement issued on Friday, the ACC said it would question the
accounting officers of the two ministries to provide affidavits
supported by documentary proof “on how the money in the alleged
accounts was spent”.

“The ACC has decided to conduct a thorough investigation, and get to
the bottom of these allegations,” the statement said.

The auditor general`s office will also be called to provide the ACC
with documentary proof of requests made to the two ministries about
the accounts.

“It is critical that those entrusted with public money must account
for the expenditure of such funds. It is totally unacceptable that
year after year, the auditor general reports on millions unaccounted
for, and the responsible authorities seem not to take action against
the responsible officials,” reads the ACC statement.

The ACC will also subpoena the chairperson of the parliamentary
committee on public accounts, Mike Kavekotora, to explain whether the
report was brought to his attention and what remedial action, if any,
has been recommended.

Yesterday, ACC director general Paulus Noa said they would
investigate the accounts because “it seems that no one wants to take
responsibility between the two ministries”.

“These are state funds that were put somewhere, but it appears that
no one wants to take responsibility,” Noa said. “That to us is like
money was put into someone`s account, and they don`t want to explain.
Remember that we are talking about public funds. We just want people
to explain how the money deposited into those accounts was used,” he
stated.


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