Transparency Institute Guyana Inc. (TIGI) yesterday sounded its alarm at the promotion of the Gitanjali Singh, the wife of Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh, to Audit Director in the Auditor General’s Office, warning that it would undermine public confidence in the oversight body.
TIGI, the national contact of corruption watchdog Transparency International, is charging that Singh’s appointment gives rise to “a serious conflict of interest” in the eyes of the accounting profession and the public and it has urged President Donald Ramotar, the Auditor General and the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to remedy the situation.
“As a result of this appointment, a critical role in the oversight of the financial statements of the country has been entrusted to the wife of the minister responsible for preparing them,” TIGI noted in a statement issued last evening, two days after the PPP/C members on
