The Office of Auditor-General of the Federation said it uncovered several irregularities in the financial statements of the Nigerian Law School.

The Audit report which was presented to the Senate on Thursday accused the top legal academic institution of misappropriation and spending without permissions.

The Senate Public Accounts Committee for investigation is currently scrutinizing the 2015 Financial Report of the office.

According to the report, the administration of the Nigerian Law School illegally paid  ₦32m to the account of an anonymous cleaner over a period of 12 months.

Also contained in the report is the payment of  ₦36m as dressing allowance of 52 workers to the account of a single member of staff in contravention of Nigeria’s Financial law.

The report read in part, “The examination of payment records revealed that the Nigerian Law School several times paid 36m to staff as dressing allowance in 2013 alone.

“The Management could not substantiate these payments with any approval from Salaries and Wages Commission to enable the audit team to determine the genuineness of these payments to staff. No appropriation in this request.”

The DG of the Nigerian Law School, Prof Isa Hayatu Chiroma, said he was not in office when the issues occurred, but agreed that “government is a continuum.”

Members of the committee learned that Chiroma was not the DG of the Law School when the financial impropriety took place.

The panel, notwithstanding, asked him to retrieve the money involved and return the same into the school’s account.