2008 END USE MONITORING REPORT

UNCLAS ABUJA 000172 SIPDIS STATE FOR E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EAID IZ SUBJECT: 2008 END USE MONITORING REPORT REF: 08 STATE 00127211 ¶A. Inventory Management EUM Program Coordinator - Michael Makalou Makaloum@state.gov Inventory System - Excel sheet maintained within the department of state server is used to record and track distribution of all resources and a barcode is attached to all property. Staff Member Responsibilities - Project Assistant/Chauffeur - travels to project sites, inspects use/safety of property and conducts end use monitoring. Previously Program Management Assistant conducted EUM, but staff job function changes occurred. No other USG Agency assists with EUM. Other USG Agency Assistance - In the past year no other USG agencies conducted EUM review of INL provided resources. ICITAP/OPDAT complies with EUM requirements at post. ¶B. Counterpart Agencies Recipients - Nigeria Police Force - Special Fraud Unit (SFU lagos), Nigeria Police Force - INTERPOL Office Lagos, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Lagos, Kano, Port Harcourt, Jos and Abuja. Economic and Financial Crimes commission (EFCC) Abuja. National Agency against trafficking in persons and other related offences (NAPTIP) Abuja. All agencies cooperated during the current year end use monitoring. Receipt - Handwritten receipts are used to document the provision of the items; information contained in the receipts states INL will be conducting end use monitoring unannounced to check the use of the equipments. ¶C. On-site Inspections The number of scheduled on-site inspections performed- None The number of unscheduled on-site inspections performed - All locations were inspected a minimum of two times within the year. The number of counterpart sites and cities visited - 3 cities. Jos, Kano and Lagos The date and location of on-site inspections performed - 12/10 - 12/13, 2008 Lagos, 06/24-06/25, 2008 and 10/16-18, 2008 Jos, 12/03-04, 2008 Kano. The number of donated items subject to inspections - 95% The percentage (%) of donated items personally inspected. - 95% ¶D. Secondary Methods of Monitoring Resource Status Comparison of Records - Not applicable in Nigeria. Discussions - are used to monitor the scanner at the Port Harcourt airport due to travel restrictions to the Port Harcourt region. Percentage of Use - 90% ¶4. STATUS-COMMODITIES- ¶A. Type of Commodity and Project - Scanners - Four body scanners were donated to Nigerian National Drug Law Enforcement agency (NDLEA) in 2008. All scanners are operational. Vehicles - Four Toyota hilux, Two Toyota Hiace Bus were donated to NDLEA in 2001. One Toyota Hilux and one Toyota Condor Van were donated to INTERPOL in 2001, One Toyota Hilux and one Toyota Condor Van were donated in 2001 to Special Fraud unit of the Nigeria Police Force. Radios - Forty VHF radios donated to NDLEA in 2001 and in 2007 14 GXT radios were donated to NDLEA. X-ray machines - Three X-ray machines donated in 2003 to NDLEA. Itemizers - Two Itemizer donated in 2001 to NDLEA Lagos, Two Itemizer donated to NDLEA Abuja International Airport and Kano in ¶2002. Four itemizers donated in 2008 to NDLEA offices at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Kano international Airport, Lagos international Airport and Abuja International Airport. Office Equipment NDLEA - 27 Computers and 37 UPS donated to NDLEA in 2003 at the NDLEA academy in Jos there are 25 computers and 30 UPS, 2 computers donated in 2003, 5 UPS donated in 2001 and 1 UPS donated in 2008 at the Lagos international airport. In 2002 one donated to Abuja International Airport, in 2008 one donated to Abuja International Airport. In 2002 one donated to Kano international Airport, in 2008 one donated to Kano international airport. In 2008 one UPS donated to Port Harcourt International Airport. In 2001, office equipment donated to INTERPOL included 2 computers, 2 printers, 4 file cabinet, 1 fax machine,2 UPS and in 2008, 3 computers, 2 printers, 1 safe, 1 infocus projector, 1 digital camera and 2 laptops. 1 finger print machine was donated to INTERPOL in ¶2001. In 2001, office equipments donated to Special Fraud unit are 2 UPS, 2 computers, 2 Printers, 1 fax machine. In 2002, One tracker software was donated, one computer, one flat bed scanner donated and one printer. In 2003, seven printers were donated to NDLEA at the Jos Academy. One PC 16 server at the Academy in 2003. In 2003, 26 workstations were donated to the Jos Academy. In 2004, two laptops were donated to EFCC, three computers, three printers, one projector, one plastic card printer and one digital camera. In 2004, four computers were donated to NAPTIP, one projector, one photocopier machine, one television, one scanner, Four UPS, one digital camera and three laptops Miscellaneous - In 2003, donated to NDLEA Jos Academy were 20 bookcases, 9 printer tables, 8 round reading table, 36 wood chairs, 20 Wood partitions, 30 office chairs. In 2001, one generator 77kva donated to INTERPOL. In 2001, one generator 100KVA donated to Special Fraud Unit. ¶B. Location- Scanners are located at the International Airports at Port Harcourt, Abuja, Lagos and Kano. Vehicles are located at the NDLEA office in Lagos. Radios are located at the NDLEA office in Lagos and NDLEA office at Kano International Airport. X-ray machines are located at Kano, Lagos and Abuja. Itemizers are located at Kano, Lagos and Abuja. Office equipment are located in NDLEA offices in Lagos, INTERPOL office in Lagos, NDLEA academy in Jos, Nigeria Police force Special Fraud unit in Lagos, EFCC Office in Abuja, NAPTIP office in Abuja. ¶C. Use- Counter Narcotics - Four Scanners were provided to the NDLEA in 2008. They are used for drug detection. Vehicles - For operations and transporting arrested suspects to the NDLEA holding cells. Radios - Communication between NDLEA head office and the Airport command. Miscellaneous - X-ray machines and itemizers are used for drug detection on passengers. Office equipment are used in the offices. ¶D. Condition - Counter Narcotics - Four Scanners were provided to the NDLEA in 2008. One at Kano, one at Abuja, one in Lagos and one in Port Harcourt. They are used for drug detection. They are in excellent condition. Vehicles - All operational vehicles are in good condition. Radios - Fourteen are in good condition, Forty are in poor condition. Miscellaneous - Three X-ray machines were provided to NDLEA in 2003, one is located in Lagos, one in Abuja and one in Kano. It is used for inspection of luggage and X-ray of suspects believed to have ingested drugs. Two of the machines are in excellent condition, one is in poor condition. Office equipments are in poor condition SFU and INTERPOL, current year donations are in good conditions, NAPTIP and EFCC office equipments are in good condition. ¶E. Unmonitored Commodities - Special Fraud unit and INTERPOL office equipments donated prior to 2008 were not monitored as reported in 2007 EUM; they have been removed due to poor state and irreparable - to be removed from inventory. ¶5. STATUS-INVENTORIES- ¶A. Vehicles- Nigerian Police, INTERPOL and SFU Vehicles Inventory Toyota Hilux 2 Toyota Condor Van 2 Nigerian National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Vehicles Inventory Toyota Hilux 4 Toyota Hiace Minibus 2 ¶C. Office Equipments - please see attached excel sheets. ¶D. Radios - please see attached sheets. ¶6. STATUS-SERVICES- A Construction Projects-Borehole construction at NDLEA academy 95% completed. Partition of two rooms for Scanners at Lagos and Port Harcourt 100% completed. Installation of anti-burglary door at Abuja International Airport 100% completed. Repair of NDLEA official vehicles at international airport Abuja. ¶7. PROGRAM IMPACT-Describe the impact of each type of commodity/service on the anti-narcotics/anti-crime programs during the calendar year. For example: ¶A. Communications Equipment-Its installation increased effective communication amongst NDLEA staff leading to arrest of a suspected drug trafficker attempting to smuggle himself into the aircraft, posing as an airport staff. ¶B. Construction Projects -The vehicle maintenance has improved the operations of the NDLEA office at Abuja International Airport, the installation of the anti-burglary door provided expansion for the cell at the Abuja International airport. Provision of partitioning for the scanners has provided safety for the scanner at the airport, thus, reducing unauthorized access to the scanners. Provision of borehole at NDLEA academy will make the academy more habitable and attractive for use by law enforcement agencies for training. ¶D. Surveillance Equipment-The scanners has led to increased number of arrests at the Lagos and Abuja International Airports, at the Kano airport as the knowledge of the presence of the scanner has led to drug couriers looking for other exit points to traffic the drugs. The International Airports are shut down to drug couriers. ¶E. Laboratory Equipment-The INTERPOL finger print machine is the only working Finger printing machine at the INTERPOL office and is compatible with INTERPOL Lyon. ¶H. Vehicles-The 4x4's were used in NDLEA operations to transfer suspects to courts and cells in Lagos. ¶8. PROBLEMS & CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANS (CAP's)- ¶A. Unmonitored Resources- Scanner at Port Harcourt Airport - security concerns. EUM was not conducted at Port Harcourt International airport due to the inevitable security issues at the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Discussions were held with Host government partners in that region, about the Status of the equipments donated. NDLEA has not been able to account for 30 radios donated by INL. INL reported in EUM 2007 about missing items. ¶B. Repair and Maintenance of Commodities- Maintenance of Itemizers continues to be a problem as Post has been unable to conclude with GE to send a technician to Nigeria to maintain the itemizers and provide training to host government partners. The NAS provides maintenance support for the scanners. There are numerous vehicle maintenance problems with the NDLEA. The NAS refurbished a vehicle for NDLEA under the supervision of NAS project assistant/chauffeur. ¶C. Lack of Use and Misuse of Commodities - N/A ¶D. Disposal of commodities- The INTERPOL and Special Fraud unit have not disposed of the commodities, however, they are kept as scrap and parts are being used to augment other likely commodities when faulty. NAS advises that commodities be removed from inventory to reflect by EUM 2009. ¶E. Other Problems (as appropriate)