$16M contactor overpayments leave Region 2 officials fumbling

Acting Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region 2 Sunil Singh and the region’s Superintendent of Works and Engineer are to reappear before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on May 30, after failing to adequately provide details on $15.976M overpaid to contractors during the period 2004 to 2008.

Singh, who assumed office in late 2008, and a team of regional officials appeared before the PAC on Monday to be questioned on matters raised in the 2009 Auditor General report. Danesh Mohan, the Superintendent of Works for the building Section,  David Sultan, the Acting Superintendent of Works for Roads  and the Engineer Shameshwar Brijmohan were part of the region’s team.

The Auditor General’s report had said that the regional administration had still not recovered amounts totalling $15.976M, overpaid to