The 2016 Auditor General’s report on the national accounts has found that there have been more overpayments than in recent years.
This was disclosed by Auditor General Deodat Sharma yesterday during the handing over of the document to Parliament. The news that overpayments have increased will raise questions about the work that accounting officers have been doing. Overpayments have been a major problem and in recent years the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has grilled accounting officers on their lapses and threatened to take severe action against them. The fact that the situation has deteriorated in the first full year of APNU+AFC governance will raise eyebrows.
The Report of the Auditor General on the Public Accounts of Guyana and on the Accounts of Ministries, Departments and Regions was presented along with the fourth Performance Report on the Construction of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Access Road, to the Speaker of the National Assembly yesterday.
