Daily Post Nigeria
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The Border Communities Development Agency (BCDA) has declared that no illegitimate payments were made into private accounts of individuals in the agency.
BCDA said, contrary to insinuations, the agency only made legitimate payments to staff members aimed at carrying out official duties.
Sadiq Isa, BCDA Head of Public Affairs and Protocol made the clarification in a statement he signed.
Isa said that if there were to be anything untoward in the payments they would not be on the federal government Treasury Open Payment Platform.
He said on the specific issue of payment to staff for Duty Tour Allowance (DTA) and conferences the payments were made in 2019 and have been verified, authenticated and audited by Federal Government Agencies responsible for routine and yearly auditing at the end of the 2019 Financial Year.