Five years after the Auditor General’s office unearthed massive financial breaches in the procurement of dietary supplies for Region Eight, the Guyana Police Force is still to institute charges, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) heard on Monday.
The 2016 audit report had highlighted discrepancies in the payment of 60 transactions totalling some $33.6 million. These payments were related to purchases of dietary supplies for the Kato, Region Eight, school feeding programme.
During the audit it was discovered that the supplier had encashed a cheque for $2.432 million on July 29, 2016. However, auditors found no evidence of the items being entered into the Goods Received ledger, nor any evidence of the Regional Tender Board’s approvals.
