NITR denies N391m fraud allegations, defends management integrity

The Nigerian Institute for Trypanosomiasis Research (NITR) has refuted claims of fiscal misconduct amounting to N391 million, describing the study arsenic inaccurate, unverified, and misleading.

In an authoritative connection from the Public Relations Unit, the institute defended its Director-General/CEO, Dr Joachim Joseph Ajakaiye, and the absorption team, stating that each fiscal and administrative processes strictly adhere to authorities regulations.

The acting Head of Public Relations, Mrs Malvis O. Ogenyi, rejected allegations that the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS) was manipulated, explaining that the strategy is tightly controlled by aggregate authorities institutions, making unauthorised interference unlikely.

NITR observed that the reported N391 cardinal fraud assertion was taken retired of discourse and misrepresented, stating that its fiscal activities are routinely monitored by oversight bodies, including the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation and the Auditor-General.

The institute besides dismissed claims linking its main enforcement to immoderate transgression activity, pointing retired that nary tribunal has recovered Dr Ajakaiye blameworthy of fiscal misconduct. I...