Make the audits public – Jagdeo

Positing that the over $150 million used to conduct state audits was a waste of taxpayers’ money, Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo on Tuesday called on government to make all audits undertaken public.

“I am in favour of the Minister of Finance being transparent. They spent $150 million of taxpayers’ money; release the audits that’s where it should start,” Jagdeo told a press conference at PPP headquarters at Freedom House.

Minister of Finance Winston Jordan said that an initial examination of the forensic audits into state-owed entities had identified “many instances” where the laws governing the entities and their operations were