GMC audit sees signs of ‘slush funds’ for agri ministry officials

A forensic audit into the operations of the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) has uncovered the inappropriate transfer of money from the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) and attempts to conceal what it was to be used for.

According to the audit report, which was dispatched to the Minister of Finance last month, the money which represented the unused portion of budgetary allocations for the Ministry was sent to the GMC to be used later by senior MOA officials as “slush funds”.

The audit was conducted by Saykar A. Boodhoo for the