An examination of the books of the Guyana Defence Force has revealed vouchers totalling over $1.8 billion are missing, according to the Auditor General’s report for the fiscal year ending December 2021.
Auditor General Deodat Sharma, in his report, said that the GDF was in breach of Section 30 of the Audit Act 2004 in that during the period under review, a sample of 346 payment vouchers totalling $2.023 billion relating to current expenditure was requested for audit examination. However, at the time of reporting, seventy-two vouchers totalling $967.873 million or 21% were not presented for audit.
Additionally, for capital expenditure of the 268 payment vouchers requested totalling $1.613 billion, sixty-eight valued at $917.879M or 25% were not presented.
