Advert notice – ISDB EXTERNAL AUDITOR TOR

Background

The National Malaria Elimination Program (NMEP) along with its state counterparts is implementing anti-malaria interventions in 5 states in Nigeria: Bayelsa, Edo, Enugu, Kogi States and the Federal Capital Territory with the support of the Islamic Development Bank. The project comes as a result of existing funding gaps for the national program and relatively, low levels of domestic spending on the program overall. The financing amount for Islamic Development Bank funded Project is 100 million USDollars.

Engagement of the External Auditor
The Federal Republic of Nigeria (herein the recipient) obtained the installment Sale Financing from the Islamic Development Bank to finance the implementation of Support to Malaria Elimination Project referred as “the Project”. The National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) under the Department of Public Health, Federal Ministry of Health is the Executing Agency for this Project through a Project Management Unit (PMU) located within the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja. The legally binding terms and conditions of the financing are in the financing Agreement no. NGA1016 dated 1/04/2020 which may be amplified by supplemental letters and /or an amendment. The Project Appraisal Document (PAD) Report project number NGA 1016 is also a useful source of information, although it is not legally binding.
According to Article II of the Financing Agreement no 3.2, the Executing Agency of the Project shall always maintain a financial management system, including records and accounts, and prepare financial statements for the project in a format acceptable to the Islamic Development Bank and adequate to reflect the operations, resources and expenditures related to the Project. Also, the Executing Agency shall maintain records and supporting documents for all expenditures with respect to which withdrawals from the financing were made (the records should reflect all categories of withdrawals SOEs, direct payments).

Position: Duties and Responsibilities

Scope of work:

The audit subject of this Terms of Reference is considered as a special purpose contractual agreement audit for which, in addition to compliance with international standards as explained below, the auditor needs to take into consideration the Islamic Development reporting requirements and compliance with Islamic Development Procurement Guidelines. The audit will be carried out in accordance with Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) such as the International Standards on Auditing (IAS) issued by the International Federation of Accountants (IFCA) or the Audit Standards issued by the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI), having regard to relevant financing agreements and Islamic Development Bank’s particular requirements, and should pay special attention to the following:

Position: Duties and Responsibilities

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 0900 to 1700 hours at the address given below. Expressions of interest must be delivered in written form to the address below in person, by 22 January, 2024.
National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) 1st Floor, Orji Uzor Kalu House, Central Business District, FCT, Abuja, Nigeria.
ATTENTION: Dr. Godwin Ntadom
Telephone: +234 708 510 0800; +234 803 7930920; +234 8146194307
Electronic mail address: oyalepp@yahoo.com ; karimuoluwatoyin@rocketmail.com