Region Two’s Regional Executive Officer (REO) Sunil Singh on Monday blamed a lapse in communication for the payments of salaries and contributions for staff no longer working for the region.
Singh led a delegation from the region that appeared before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which was continuing its scrutiny of the 2010 Auditor General’s Report.
According to the report, amounts totaling $226,821 were overpaid to seven officers in 2009, while the related deductions of $311,451 for the years 2006 to 2009 were made to the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) Credit Union.
Singh said that the overpayments occurred as a result of a lapse in communication.
