TODAY December 29, 2020 The upper chamber of the National Assembly has exposed how the officials of Ministry of Defence paid N968.8 million for the production and supply of medals and ribbons for Independence Anniversary for the Armed Forces without approval from Federal Executive Council and Ministerial Tender Board. In a report by the Auditor General of the Federation, the officials of the Ministry of Defence facilitated the payment for the contract despite the objection raised by the Deputy Director (Budget) in a memo dated 24th April 2013. To this end, the Senate Committee on Public Account, chaired by Senator Matthew Urhoghide sustained the indictment report against the Ministry of Defence over the issue due to failure of the officials of the Ministry to explain their own side of the allegation.