FILE: President Bola Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has directed the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, to oversee and coordinate a comprehensive forensic audit of Federal Government systems, including the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System, federal agencies, and their administration and internal controls.
The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement titled ‘President Tinubu Approves Comprehensive Forensic Audit of IPPIS, Federal Agencies, Ministries,’ on Friday.
The directive follows the Federal Executive Council’s resolution of August 19, 2026, in response to findings by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission on fake agencies, ghost workers and other control failures within government institutions.
The audit is expected to establish the nature and extent of weaknesses in government’s control systems and determine how such weaknesses have been exploited.
