The Auditor General has again identified procurement breaches, highlighting a payment of $1.252 billion to the New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation (NGPC) and the disclosure is likely to up the pressure on the government to finally set up the Public Procurement Commission.
In his 2010 report on the public accounts, Auditor General Deodat Sharma pointed out that the payment was made on the basis of sole sourcing and not competitive bidding as required under the law
The AG has also said that the Contingencies Fund continues to be abused with over $550 million drawn from the
