According to the report of the Forensic Audit of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), over half of the claims records requested for analysis could not be produced.
The audit, which was tasked with among other things carrying out “a comprehensive financial systems review,” noted that the auditors requested a sample of 383 claims records, totaling in excess of $157 million, for the year 2012 but 213 or 56% could not have been located.
Further, “a sample of 31 claims records totaling an amount of $34,973,062 was requested for the year 2013 of which 16 or 52% could not have been located and a sample of 58 claims records totaling an amount of $49,877,440 was requested for the year 2014 of which 35 or 60% were not presented as they could not have been located,” the report said.
