Accounting agencies paid out $82.658 million in overpayments on the measured works for 98 contracts in 2016, representing a more than 50% increase in overpayments compared to 2015, according to Auditor-General Deodat Sharma.
The 2015 Auditor General’s report had also recorded an increase in the number of occurrences and the value of overpayments on contracts, which was $35.700 million in 2015, compared with $31.315 million in 2014.
That sum has further increased in 2016, which saw sums totaling $65.076 million overpaid by regions and $17.582 million overpaid by ministries and departments.
Of $65 million in overpayments by the regions, $45,265 million or approximately 69% the total sum was paid out in hinterland regions 1, 8 and 9.
