Finance Secretary ‘disgusted’ by Region Eight REO’s lax approach to audit office recommendations

Finance Secretary Dr Hector Butts yesterday expressed “disgust” and frustration at the failure by Region Eight Regional Executive Officer (REO) Rafel Downes to act on recommendations made by the Auditor General.

Downes came under fire yesterday after his responses to questions posed by the members of the National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) proved to be inadequate on every count and the hearing ended prematurely, and on a sour note.

“What I am sitting and listening to is an operation which seems