The contracts for the printing of pension books leave the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security “open to exploitation,” according to an audit of the Old Age Pension (OAP) Programme and the Ministry has asked the guidance of the Audit Office in revising them.
The review of the OAP has also found that it still takes a long time to process applications, resulting in pensioners losing their entitled benefits since pension payments are not back-dated. The Performance/Value for Money audit was undertaken
