Region One cited for overpayments, absconding contractors

Region One (Barima/Waini) has been called to account by the Office of the Auditor General for several contracts where overpayments ran into millions and contractors absconded after doing very little or poor work.

The 2011 report on the Public Accounts of Guyana cited several projects including one for the empoldering of 250 acres of farmlands at Waini where the contractor was given an advance payment of $2.7M but no work was ever done.

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