REO urged to sanction Region 4 officials over $1.8M contractor overpayment

Bibi Shadick

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of parliament on Monday urged the Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Four Donald Gajraj to take disciplinary action against regional officials who would have facilitated the overpayment of almost $1.8 million to a contractor back in 2006 for work that was only about 60 percent complete.

The PAC also rapped the Region Four Administration for weaknesses in the regional system, which have allowed incomplete projects to be “signed off” as complete, thereby facilitating overpayment of contracts. The issue was highlighted as Gajraj